Economy Lost 207,000 Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Up

Shoppers collect items from a 'curb side pick up' at Toronto's Eaton Centre shopping mall on December 19, 2020. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a new rise in COVID-19 cases led to renewed public health restrictions that closed businesses.

The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent from 7.5 percent in March.