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Ottawa — Jobs rose by 60,000 in Canada in June and the unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 5.4% as the number of people looking for work increased, according to Statistics Canada.
Employment gains were concentrated among young men aged 15-24 and those aged 25-54.
Employment increased primarily in wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, health and social services, and transport and warehousing. By contrast, employment declines were observed in construction, education and agriculture.
In Quebec, Statistics Canada reported an unemployment rate of 4.4%, up 0.4% as more people looked for work last month. Employment has hardly changed.
The unemployment rate also rose in all three maritime provinces last month compared to the previous month. It rose from 6.1% to 6.4% in New Brunswick, from 5.7% to 6.4% in Nova Scotia and from 7.2% to 8.2% in Île-du-Prince Edward.
Statistics Canada found that the average hourly wage in Canada rose 4.2% in June from a year earlier. It was the weakest 12-month average hourly wage growth since May 2022.
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