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September 2011

Following two months of little change, employment rose by 61,000 in September, all in full time. This increase pushed the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest rate since December 2008.

Chart 1
Employment and unemployment rates, Canada, seasonally adjusted