Canada's economy added 60,000 jobs in September, beating expectations with gains largely led by the tariff-vulnerable manufacturing sector, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

The data agency said 28,000 jobs were added to manufacturing, marking the industry's first increase in employment since January and since the U.S. trade war forced it to contend with thousands of job losses.

"Trade-exposed industries are far from out of the woods given ongoing tariff uncertainty. But the solid month highlights how things are holding on, at least in the near term," wrote Jessy Bains, senior economist at Indeed.

The increase was concentrated in Ontario and Alberta, and partly offset the 58,000 manufacturing jobs lost between January and August of this year.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged fr

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