Manufacturing alone added 28,000 jobs, marking its first increase since January and reversing a trend of losses earlier in the year. Health care and social assistance grew by 14,000 positions, while agriculture employment rose by 13,000  

Regionally, Alberta led the country with a gain of 43,000 jobs, more than offsetting previous losses and pushing its unemployment rate down to 7.8 percent.  

New Brunswick and Manitoba also posted employment increases, though both provinces saw their unemployment rates rise as more people entered the labour force.  

In contrast, employment in Newfoundland and Labrador declined  

Wage growth continued to outpace inflation, with average hourly wages rising 3.3 percent year-over-year to $36.78, as per Statistics Canada. Â