Job seekers were more successful in landing jobs last month, according to new figures released Friday by Statistics Canada.
The agency said the job market gained 63,000 positions in September, edging the unemployment rate lower to 5.9%, and offsetting job losses in August.
September's increase in employment was largely driven by gains in part-time work, with part-time jobs up by around 80,000, StatsCan said in its monthly labour force survey.
The job gains were also almost entirely in Ontario and British Columbia, with most other provinces fairly static.
The latest monthly report from Statistics Canada indicates the jobs market remains volatile, after August saw a decline of more than 51,000 positions, raising the unemployment rate to 6% after two months of increases
On a year-over-year basis, Canada gained 222,000 jobs since September 2017.
The agency's monthly labour force survey found that all of the job gains in September were made by workers in the core 25-to-54 age range with virtually no change in youth employment. September's youth unemployment rate stood at 11%, up by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.
Men in the core age bracket gained the most, with 34,000 jobs while women also saw increases of 20,000 positions.
