{"id":56972,"date":"2025-07-11T13:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56972\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:42:15","slug":"canadas-unemployment-drops-slightly-in-june-with-surprise-83k-new-jobs-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56972\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s unemployment drops slightly in June with surprise 83K new jobs &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Craig Lord<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 11, 2025 8:47 am<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated July 11, 2025 8:48 am\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s labour market topped expectations in June amid a surprise surge in hiring.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate dropped a tick to 6.9 per cent in June as the economy added 83,000\u00a0jobs, mostly in part-time work.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into today, economists had expected no job gains for the month and that the jobless rate would rise to 7.1 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Canada\u2019s jobless rate ticks up as Trump\u2019s tariffs cause cracks in labour market'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ONLINE_STILL_TARIFFS_JOB_NUMBERS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:44<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCanada\u2019s jobless rate ticks up as 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target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752241335_190_maya-hernandez-car.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t1-year-old dies in hot car while mom gets lip filler at spa\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>StatCan says June marked the first month of significant job gains since January and snapped a streak of three consecutive months where the unemployment rate rose.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even the manufacturing sector, which has faced job losses in recent months amid Canada\u2019s tariff dispute with the United States, saw a gain of 10,000 positions in June.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank of Canada will be parsing the labour figures closely as it prepares for its next interest rate decision on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore 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