Canada Adds 67,000 Jobs in October, Extending Modest Growth Into Second Month

Canada Adds 67,000 Jobs in October, Extending Modest Growth Into Second Month
A customer enters a restaurant with help wanted signs in Laval, Que., on Nov. 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Canada’s labour market recorded an unanticipated increase in jobs in October, marking slight gains for the second month in a row, according to federal data.

The country’s economy saw an increase of 67,000 jobs in October, causing the unemployment rate to fall by two tenths of a percentage point to 6.9 percent, Statistics Canada said in a Nov. 7 report.