The job loss is more than double what economists had expected.

Canada's economic trajectory has split into two. Economists are calling it a "K-shaped" recovery.

Unemployment drops to 9 per cent.

With the Philippines' economy in tatters, even those who've lost their jobs in Canada are often still sending money abroad.

Saskatchewan now has the second-highest employment recovery rate in the country at 94.9 per cent compared to February, the last month before the pandemic.

According to Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Survey, the jobless rate in Alberta held steady at 15.5 per cent in June, the same it had been one month prior.

Saskatchewan's unemployment is now at 12.5 per cent, according to Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Survey.

It's the highest jobless rate since comparable record-keeping began in 1976.

The unemployment rate jumped 2.2 percentage points to 7.8 per cent, the largest one-month increase since comparable record-keeping began in 1976.

The increase in jobs was led by Quebec and gains in full-time work.