
By CBC News, June 10, 2016Â
Jobless rate inches down 2 percentage points to 6.9% on gains in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, P.E.I.
Canada’s economy added 14,000 jobs in May, a better-than-expected number that pushed the unemployment rate down two points to 6.9 per cent, from 7.1 per cent in April.
The jobless rate is now at its lowest level since last July, Statistics Canada reported Friday.