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71-001-XWE
Labour Force Information
Not for release before 7 A.M. E.S.T. Friday, January 5, 2007
December 3 to 9, 2006


Highlights

December 2006

Employment increased by an estimated 62,000 in December, pushing the unemployment rate back down to the 30-year low of 6.1% (-0.2 percentage points). In 2006, employment grew by 2.1% (+345,000), the highest growth rate since 2002. This is the fourteenth consecutive year of employment increases in Canada.

Chart 1Employment and unemployment rates, Canada, seasonally adjusted


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