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OTTAWA: Canada added 61,000 jobs in September, exceeding analyst expectations and bringing the unemployment rate down to 7.1 percent, its lowest level since December 2008, government data showed Friday.
Analysts had only predicted an increase of 15,000 jobs, but the larger-than-expected jump sent the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points from August, Statistics Canada said.
Jobs were gained in educational services; professional, scientific and technical services; accommodation and food services; natural resources; and public administration, it said.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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