Canada January Labor Force Survey (Text)
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Following is the text of Canada's labor force survey released by Statistics Canada.
Employment rose for the second consecutive month in January, with a gain of 69,000. At the same time, the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 7.8%, as more people searched for work. Compared with January 2010, employment was up 1.9% (+327,000).