Tight Labour Market Persists as Canadian Economy Adds 150,000 Jobs in January

A man walks though a downtown Toronto office building with other buildings reflected in a window in this June 11, 2019 photo. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy

Employment growth in Canada blew past economists’ predictions in January, even as forecasters had expected higher interest rates to weigh on the labour market.

The economy added a whopping 150,000 jobs last month, Statistics Canada said in its latest labour force survey released Friday.