By Canadian Press

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says economy added 84,000 jobs in Ocrober

Nov 6, 2020 | 6:36 AM

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the pace of job growth slowed in October as the economy added 84,000 jobs in the month compared with 378,000 in September.

The unemployment rate was 8.9 per cent compared with 9.0 per cent in September.

The average economist estimate was for a gain of 100,000 jobs in October and an unemployment rate of 8.8 per cent, according to financial data firm Refinitiv.

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