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Montreal had a higher rate of job creation in 2017 than any other large city in the United States or Canada, according to Montréal International.

74,900 jobs were created in the Montreal region in 2017, according to the economic development agency, which used figures from the Conference Board of Canada and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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That translated into a growth rate of 3.61 per cent — the highest rate among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the two countries. It’s the highest growth rate recorded in Montreal since 1998.

“It was exceptional, the growth in Montreal in 2017,” said Christian Bernard, the chief economist at Montréal International.

Montreal’s performance is particularly impressive, Bernard said, because the U.S. economy did well in 2017.

Only one other region had a growth rate above three per cent: the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area in California.