Canada added 15,000 jobs in April, enough to push jobless rate to record-low 5.2% | CBC News

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Canada's economy added 15,300 jobs in April, the third monthly increase in a row after a major hit from Omicron earlier in the year.

This was third monthly increase in a row after major hit from Omicron earlier in 2022At 5.2 per cent, Canada's jobless rate has never been lower.

Economists had been expecting about 40,000 jobs to be added, and though it was well short of that figure, the data released by Statistics Canada Friday was enough to push the jobless rate down to a new record low of 5.2 per cent. Most provinces added jobs, while the main factor dragging the national number down was a loss of 27,000 jobs in Quebec.

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