Canada’s unemployment rate is now 5.3%, the lowest in history

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough has announced that Canada now has the country’s lowest unemployment rate in history (since it was first measured in 1976), at 5.3%.

The boost in employment came primarily from an increase of 93,000 full-time jobs in March. Canada gained 73,000 jobs overall last month.

Some historic news this morning: Canada gained 93,000 full-time jobs, and 73,000 jobs overall, in March 2022.

Canada’s unemployment rate is now 5.3% – the lowest it’s been since 1976, when this kind of data was first collected.
— Carla Qualtrough (@CQualtro) April 8, 2022

The unemployment rate in Canada is now 5.3%, the lowest in the country’s history.

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