A surprise surge in hiring helped pull Canada’s unemployment rate down for the first time since January, a signal of resilience despite the stresses and uncertainty brought on by the Trump administration’s hostile approach to global trade.

Canada's unemployment rate surprisingly dropped a tick to 6.9% in June as employment increased in wholesale and retail trade and health care and social assistance, data showed on Friday. The economy added 83,

Canada’s jobless rate unexpectedly decreased to 6.9 per-cent in June – the first drop in unemployment since January, driven mostly by growth in part-time work.