Jobless Numbers Tumble Nationally and Provincially and Jump Locally
OTTAWA: Canada’s labour market received a surge in full-time, private-sector work last month that helped drive the unemployment rate down to 7.1 per cent.
Statistics Canada’s latest labour force survey says the country gained 40,600 jobs in March compared to the previous month and 35,300 of them were full-time.
The agency says the increase knocked the jobless rate down from 7.3 per cent and was fuelled by the addition of 74,700 net new positions in the services sector.
It also says 65,100 jobs were created in the private sector, while the number of public-sector positions fell by 2,600.