The Canadian economy shed 11,000 jobs in August but the unemployment rate stayed the same at 7%, according to information released this morning by Statistics Canada.
Economists were expecting a slight gain of about 10,000 jobs.
The data agency said fewer youths and women in their core working years had jobs, but employment increased among men in their core working years — 25 to 54.
Over all classes of workers, however, there was a decrease in both full-time and part-time work. Ontario and Alberta made up most of the losses, with all other provinces largely unchanged.
A large drop of 111,000 private-sector workers was partially offset by an equally large jump of 87,000 in the ranks of the self-employed.
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