Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.1% in March

Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March amid rapid growth in the labour pool, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in February.

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