Canada shed 22,000 jobs last month, but a decline in the number of job hunters pushed the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 7.0 percent, the government statistics agency said Friday.
Fewer people were working in educational services and manufacturing in the month, while employment rose in construction and public administration, according to Statistics Canada.
The public sector shed 27,000 jobs while self-employment was up slightly, it said. There was little change in the number of private sector jobs.
Canada unemployment rate falls to 7.0 %
