Canada's unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per cent in January according to Statistics Canada, a 0.1 per cent increase, as 23,700 more people searched for work.

Canada's economy added 82,000 jobs in March, the fourth-most in the last 20 years and enough to drop the unemployment rate to 7.2 per cent, Statistics Canada says.

While youth unemployment in Canada is nowhere near the levels of Greece, experts say that increased competition for jobs among 15- to 24-year-olds in Canada could have negative long-term effects.