Ontario Premier Doug Ford is celebrating a surprise boost in his province’s employment figures, the day after his government tabled a pessimistic fiscal update projecting persistent unemployment.

Figures released by Statistics Canada show employment was up by 55,000 in Ontario during October, dropping the unemployment rate marginally from 7.9 to 7.6 per cent.

Canada’s overall unemployment rate remains below Ontario’s at 6.9 per cent .

The 55,000 new jobs added in Ontario made up the vast majority of the 67,000 added nationwide last month.

“I’m pleased to see Ontario leading the nation in job creation, with 55,000 new jobs added last month despite the challenges we are facing from tariffs and economic uncertainty,” Ford wrote in a social media post.

The jobs bump comes the day afte

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