Canada created 51,000 new jobs in February, blowing past expectations thanks to an increase in full-time work.
Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate remained steady at 7% during the month.
The numbers were far higher than the consensus 8,000 jobs that economists had been expecting.
The gains were broad-based, as the increase was spread between full- and part-time work. More than half of the new jobs came from the private sector.
Gains were fairly consistent across most industries, too. The only major category to post a decline in jobs was manufacturing.
By province, Ontario and British Columbia made up most of the gains, with 35,000 and almost 20,000 new jobs respectively.
Manitoba was the lone province to lose jobs, with 3,200 fewer. All other provinces were unchanged or saw slight gains.
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