COVID-19 pandemic. Canada adds 950K jobs in June, unemployment falls amid coronavirus pandemic But the province’s economy seems to be falling behind the national averages.StatCan says the national economy added 953,000 jobs in June, including 488,000 full-time and 465,000 part-time positions.The unemployment rate dropped to 12.3 per cent in June after a record high of 13.7 per cent in May.The full economic effects of COVID-19 are still very much unknown.