Canadian unemployment rate drops

There’s very good news when it comes to jobs across the country.

Canada’s unemployment rate has dropped to 7.1% from 7.3%.

There were 61,000 new jobs created in September.

That number surprised analysts who expected a more modest increase of 15,000 jobs.

There were gains in a number of areas within the service industry.

Self-employed and public sector jobs also increased but the key manufacturing sector lost 23,500 workers.