It was steady as she goes on the jobs front last month. Statistics Canada released the lastest unemployment rate, which remained unchanged at 7.1% in June. The economy shed 400 jobs last month, a statistically insignificant number. It was good news in London though, where 600 new jobs were created last month, dropping the unemployment rate from 9.8% to 9.2% In May, when 95,000 new jobs were added in Canada, the largest month of job growth since the recession in 2008.