Statistics Canada says the economy lost almost 213,000 jobs in January as employment fell to the lowest level since August last year, wiping out the gains made in the fall. The unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 9.4 per cent, the highest rate since August. Financial data firm Refinitiv says the average economist[…]
The latest look at Manitoba’s job numbers since the province entered lockdown to quell the COVID-19 crisis shows considerable losses, mainly in the services-producing sector. According to new data from Statistics Canada, the province lost around 6,600 jobs between November and December — a one per cent drop. About two-thirds of those were full-time[…]
Saskatchewan employment is on the rise as the province continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey data Friday, showing 13,000 more people were working in July compared to June. In total, 551,100 people were working in Saskatchewan in July. “We’re certainly moving in the right direction. We have[…]
[ad_1] The labour market generated a second straight month of strong job gains in February with the creation of 55,900 net new positions, all of which were full time. The latest jobs report by Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate held firm last month at 5.8 per cent as more people hunted for work. The[…]
[ad_1] The country saw a rush of 66,800 net new jobs in January in a gain fuelled by a hiring surge in the private sector, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency’s latest labour force survey said more people also searched for work last month, which pushed the unemployment rate to 5.8 per cent, up from[…]
[ad_1] Saskatchewan’s job growth rate in 2018 ranked second among provinces at 1.9 per cent. The province saw strong gains for a fifth consecutive month. Year-over-year employment increased by 10,900 jobs from December 2017. The job gains were driven entirely by full-time employment with an increase of 13,300 full-time jobs – major gains in the[…]