Canada's unemployment rate dipped below eight per cent in June for the first time in more than a year.

Statistics Canada said Friday the economy added a whopping 93,200 jobs in June, almost all of them in Ontario and Quebec.

The unexpectedly large number of jobs that were added dropped Canada's unemployment rate to 7.9 per cent.

"I'm flabbergasted … another blockbuster gain," TD economist Derek Burleton said.

"It really does speak to the strength of the domestic economy."