Canada combined 22,000 jobs final month, jobless rate ticks down to 6.2%

Canada’s economy combined 22,000 jobs final month, with a swell in part-time work offsetting a detriment of full-time jobs.

Statistics Canada reported Friday a jobless rate declined by 0.1 percentage points to 6.2 per cent — the lowest it’s been given Oct 2008, right before a financial crisis.

The economy added 110,000 part-time jobs during a month, equivalent by a detriment off 88,000 full-time jobs.

Ontario was a usually range with a pursuit surge, gaining 31,000 jobs in August. Everywhere else, a economy possibly mislaid or gained a tiny series of jobs.

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