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.

The number of jobs added was more than double the consensus expectation from economists.

The unemployment rate jumped to 5.9 per cent, up from 5.5 per cent in October.

Statistics Canada's jobs report came in below economists' expectations but follows two consecutive months of growth.

The jobs gain far exceeded economists' expectations of 10,000 net new positions.

The economy lost 2,200 net jobs in June.

The economy added 27,700 net new positions in the month, building on record job growth in April.

Workers' pay is still growing more slowly than inflation.

Canada gained 63,000 jobs in September, lowering the unemployment rate. That was largely in BC and Ontario. Provincially here it's a different story. Alberta lost 6,000 jobs, yet Edmonton picked up 3,000.