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Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, from 6.7 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News
· Posted: May 09, 2025 8:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, up from 6.7 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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Jenna Benchetrit is the senior business writer for CBC News. She writes stories about Canadian economic and consumer issues, and has also recently covered U.S. politics. A Montrealer based in Toronto, Jenna holds a master's degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. You can reach her at jenna.benchetrit@cbc.ca.
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