In that case, the unemployment rate would have been roughly five points higher than the 14.7 per cent reported. A survey of households establishes the unemployment rate. But the government still gathered enough responses to produce the jobs report. Nearly all industries added jobs last month, a sharp reversal from April, when almost all cut them. Hotels and restaurants added 1.2 million jobs in May, after shedding 7.5 million.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2020 18:14 UTC