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Economy added 88,000 jobs in May, jobless rate falls to 6.6 per cent: Statistics Canada

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Canada added 88,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 per cent, Statistics Canada reported June 5. The increase was the first significant employment gain since November 2025, according to the agency's Labour Force Survey. The employment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 60.7 per ce...

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