StatCan’s March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today.

Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent.

RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month.

Canada’s labour market was off to a hot start in January but cooled in February, adding just 1,100 jobs amid harsh winter weather and economic uncertainty.