Canada's labour market is healing, with employers creating jobs for the fifth time in a row last month as gains in full-time work outweighed losses in part-time positions.

The economy added 24,700 positions in May, Statistics Canada said Friday, after a record 108,700 number of jobs were created in April. The jobless rate stayed at 8.1 per cent, though, as more people looked for work.

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