Canada’s employment growth relaxes in November between October and November; employment raised 0.3 percent, following an increase of 0.5 percent in the month earlier.
Although Canada’s labor market yet saw improvements in November, the rate of recovery is proceeding too slowly. Statistics Canada’s recently published Labor Force Survey
looked at Canada’s labor market conditions. Through the week of November 8 to 14. Overall decisions reveal that employment grew 0.3 percent in November, which followed an increase of 0.5 percent in October. Employment growth was drawn down by declines in information, culture and relaxation as well as accommodation and food services. Growth in the public sector was lead by raised employment in hospitals and schools. Unemployment is still happening from peak levels in May when unemployment was 13.7 percent. In November, unemployment was at 8.5 percent, which is down 0.4 percentage scores from October levels.
There were more extra Canadians, 372,000, who got jobs in November, than there were Canadians who transitioned from employment to unemployment, 317,000.
Immigrant representation in Canada’s labor market
Although Canadians frequently have higher employment rates, some groups of immigrants were seeing employment flows closer to pre-COVID levels than Canadians. Immigrants who had arrived in Canada more than five years ago viewed an employment rate of 58.1 percent in November, just 1.2 percentage features beyond from February levels. The employment rate for Canadian-born workers fell 1.7 percentage points to 59.7 percent. Statistics Canada notes that these figures are not corrected for seasonal employment rates.
The number of many recent immigrants, who came to Canada within the past five years, has decreased due to travel restrictions. The employment rate for these new immigrants was 65.6 percent, a slight change from the February level.
Differences across provinces
Employment rose in Ontario, British Columbia, and all four Atlantic regions. B.C. came in just shy of February levels at -1.5 percent. Employment in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick had reverted to pre-pandemic levels in November. Prince Edward Island gained about 1,000 works.
Manitoba saw its first employment loss since April, with about 18,000 jobs fallen in November. Nearly all of these failures were in part-time work. The decline coincided with tighter public health measures that started early on in the month.
The number of personalities with a job or business held constant in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Employment levels in Alberta are the most removed from pre-COVID levels at 4.9 percent.
Employment in Quebec was little changed for the 2nd month in a series. Unemployment in Quebec fell 0.5 percent to 7.2 percent, as some people were on temporary layoff.