No. I wouldn't look at the month to month; focus on annual statistics and larger trends. Monthlies are mostly for posturing and hot takes (like say, "human at the helm"), not for the over all trend of the country.
Both US and Canada play games with the word "unemployment", whose definition is very questionable in and of itself.
The article says lowest in 2 years. That's not monthly. Also has a chart going back to 2021 (when the rate was like 9%). But this current rate (6.4) is above the lowest of the last five years (5%)
Obvious caveat being that Claude Code might give you a confident statistic without being able to validate if the question can be validated with the sample (StatsCan suppresses C grade data and below).
"75,000 new jobs" - they forgot to add that most of those no longer provide livable wage. With the way inflation is going they could soon hire everyone since the real value of the salary for average Shcmoes ever diminishes.
Both US and Canada play games with the word "unemployment", whose definition is very questionable in and of itself.
He's got beauty, he's got grace, it's Mark Carney against the States.
Making everyone say "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...ark (Carney)".
Noah built an ark, we got ourselves a Mark.
You can take my Karma, but you can never take my Carney. (I know, I know you actually can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_...)
Does that answer your question?
Obvious caveat being that Claude Code might give you a confident statistic without being able to validate if the question can be validated with the sample (StatsCan suppresses C grade data and below).
I was curious: professional/scientific/technical saw little to no growth; the areas that would be most affected by AI.
I am Canadian, just in case
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-08-07/us-emplo...