Brampton’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 per cent since the last census was taken, according to statistics released Nov. 29.

The latest data from the 2016 census showed a decline from 9.5 per cent recorded in the 2011 survey.

These most recent numbers also indicated the city’s labour force had grown from 281,250 workers to more than 319,600.

The city’s unemployed numbered 26,545 when these latest census statistics were gathered.