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Labour Force Information

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October 7 to 13, 2007

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Highlights

October 2007

Employment continued to rise in October, jumping an estimated 63,000, split between full and part time. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to a 33-year low of 5.8%, down 0.1 percentage point from September.

Chart 1 Employment and unemployment rates, Canada, seasonally adjusted