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Canada adds 44,000 jobs in October on part-time gains (CBC News)

November 04, 2016

The Canadian economy added 44,000 new jobs in October, but the jobless rate stayed at 7% because more people were also looking for work, CBC News reports. The gains came from part-time jobs, with more than 67,000 new positions, Statistics Canada reported today. The flip side is that the economy lost more than 23,000 full-time jobs during the month.