Economics
Wealth, Housing and Retail Show How Canada’s Economy Is Healing
- Nation on track for recovery a year into Covid-19 pandemic
- But uneven labor-market rebound remains a major concern
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A year into the pandemic, Canada’s economy is showing clear signs it’s on a path to a full recovery.
The country added 259,200 jobs in February, more than three times what economists were expecting, Statistics Canada reported Friday. That follows other data this month indicating Canada’s economy is on pace to fully repair damage from the pandemic at least one year ahead of what most analysts were expecting only weeks ago.