OTTAWA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Canada saw an increase of 107,000 jobs in April, its biggest one-month employment surge since 1976, according to Statistics Canada Friday.
The unexpected increase helped lower the jobless rate to 5.7 percent in April from 5.8 percent in March.
The increased employment in April was driven by 84,000 new jobs in the private sector and a gain of 23,000 jobs in public sector. There was no change in the number of self-employed.
On a year-over-year basis, employment grew 426,000, or 2.3 percent, with gains in both full-time jobs of 248,000 and part-time jobs of 179,000.
Employment rose for youth aged 15 to 24, people aged 55 and older, and women in the core working ages of 25 to 54.
Employment gains were spread across several industries: wholesale and retail trade, construction, information, culture and recreation and agriculture.
However, employment decreased in professional, scientific and technical services last month.
