Canadian economy adds 88,000 jobs in May, helping offset job losses so far this year

CBC: Canada had lost 112,000 net jobs in the first four months of 2026, but May’s big addition helped erase almost 80 per cent of the job losses posted since the year began.

It’s the first significant employment gain since November, according to Statistics Canada.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.6 per cent in May too, from 6.9 per cent a month before…

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