August Employment Figures in Line with Expectations
Statistics Canada has just released the results of its labour market survey for the month of August. The report did not contain any surprises and in line with expectations of various job market players...
View ArticleIs Canada’s Jobs Market Recovery Stalling?
On November 5th, 2010, Statistics Canada published the October result of its monthly labour market survey. It seems to indicate that the job market recovery has almost stalled, at a time of the year...
View ArticleMarket for Jobs in Canada Shows Surprising Resilience in Spite of Global...
Written by Strac Ivanov June 11, 2012: According to Statistics Canada’s labour market survey, released on Friday, June 8th, Canada’s job market seems to be weathering the global economic uncertainties...
View ArticleCanada’s Job Market Showed Unremarkable Peformance in October
Statistics Canada released its latest Job Market on November 2nd, and it shows that Canada’s economy only created less than 18,000 jobs in October. Virtually all were government-funded jobs, while...
View ArticleManufacturing Job Declines Offset by Job Growth in Service Sectors in February
On Friday, March 8th, Statistics Canada reported that Canada’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in February at 7%. The economy created 51,000 jobs, but the increase was offset by a corresponding...
View ArticleThe Tough Economic Reality Caught Up with Canada’s Job Market in March
Until March, Statistics Canada’s reports were painting a pretty rosy picture of Canada’s job market. In my blog posts from the past few months, I wondered where the employment growth was coming from....
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