Employment figures indicate that Canada’s jobless rate fell to 6.5% in October. This is the lowest rate since 2008. Employers added 43,100 jobs in October in addition to 71,100 jobs added in September.
Provincially, employment rose in Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The lowest jobless rates continue to be in Saskatchewan, at 3.4%, and Alberta, at 4.5%.
