Excluding government hiring, businesses added just 96,000 jobs
Canada added 81,100 net new positions last month
But the Canadian economy shed jobs in July
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were up 3.4% from the previous year
The country added 224,000 jobs after weak employment growth in May
But average hourly wage growth grew 3.8% year over year
The country added 106,500 net jobs last month, the biggest one-month employment surge since 1976
The unemployment rate fell to a five-decade low of 3.6% from 3.8%
The unemployment rate held firm at 5.8%
A harsh winter may have contributed to U.S. employers adding just 20,000 jobs