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Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell
Posted January 10, 2025 1:00 am.
Last Updated January 10, 2025 5:53 am.
Canada added 91,000 jobs in December, shattering economist expectations.
The unemployment rate also dropped 0.1 percentage points to 6.7 per cent.
Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said the bulk of new jobs came in education, transportation, and finance, mostly in full-time work.
While most new jobs came from the public sector, another 24,000 were from self-employment.
The report said the country’s employment rate rose for the first time since January of 2023.
Still, the employment rate is down 0.9 percentage points year-over-year.
