Canada’s
67,000 jobs in October, with the unemployment rate falling to 6.9 per cent, down from 7.1 per cent the month before.
Most of the employment growth in October was driven by part-time positions, Statistics Canada said on Friday, with industries like wholesale and retail trade, transportation and warehousing and information, culture and recreation recording job gains during the month.
Friday’s job numbers beat the consensus call among economists, which had expected a loss of 20,000 jobs and for the jobless rate to tick up to 7.2 per cent.
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