Statistics Canada reports the country added 45,300 jobs last month far more than the 10,000 that was estimated.
That follows a surprisingly strong wave of new jobs in May.
The national unemployment rate fell in June to 6.5 per cent from 6.6 per cent.
Provincially the rate dropped slightly to 6.4 from 6.5
Here in Niagara....the jobless rate didn't following the national and provincial pattern and is now up to 7.2 per cent...that's an increase from the May rate of 6.9.