A worker inspects sheets of stainless steel at Magna Stainless and Aluminum in Montreal in September.

The Canadian labour market snapped out of a funk in September, partially unwinding a spate of job losses over the summer.

The economy added 60,000 positions last month, after a cumulative loss of 106,000 jobs over July and August, Statistics Canada said Friday in a report. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 per cent as more people participated in the labour market.

Employment prospects have been dinged by the U.S.-driven trade war, resulting in job losses in certain export industries and a cautious approach to hiring from employers. But the Canadian economy has also avoided the worst-case scenarios that were envisioned in the spring, when the Trump administration began its assault

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