Canada saw its unemployment rate edge down as it added 83,600 jobs in October, despite many provinces reimposing restrictions due to the second wave of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The Canada jobs<\/span><\/a> Labour Force Survey showed the unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 8.9 per cent compared to September.<\/p>\n Of the employment increase, the majority was in full-time work, where 69,000 jobs were added. Self-employment grew by 33,000, while the number of people working from home increased by 150,000.<\/p>\n If you are a candidate looking for a Canada job, or an employer looking to recruit foreign talent from abroad, immigration.ca can help. Access our expertise through our in-house recruitment enterprises,\u00a0<\/b>www.skilledworker.com<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and our newest asset,\u00a0<\/b>www.skilledworker.com<\/b><\/span><\/a>, \u201cthe leader in foreign recruitment\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n Demographically, women aged 25 to 54 saw the biggest employment gains, adding 40,000 jobs for an unemployment rate of 6.6 per cent.<\/p>\n For men in the same age group, employment increased by 25,000, while the unemployment rate remained at 7.6 per cent.<\/p>\n For young people, age 15 to 24, a gain of 16,000 among men was cancelled out by a loss of 14,000 jobs for women.<\/p>\n Source: Statistics Canada<\/b><\/p>\n Employment increased in five provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n Employment was closest to pre-coronavirus February levels in Newfoundland (-0.5%), Manitoba (-2.1%) and New Brunswick (-2.3%).<\/p>\n British Columbia saw employment grow by 34,000 jobs, an increase of 1.4 per cent, while unemployment dropped by 0.4 percentage points to 8 per cent,<\/p>\n In Ontario, employment increased by 31,000, or 0.4 per cent, with an unemployment rate of 9.6 per cent in Canada\u2019s most populous province.<\/p>\n Source: Statistics Canada<\/b><\/p>\n Alberta added 23,000 jobs in October, a gain of 1.1 per cent, with unemployment of 10.7 per cent. Calgary has now seen four consecutive months of gains totalling 101,000, or 13.6 per cent.<\/p>\n Quebec, meanwhile, was one of those provinces to lose jobs in October. With second wave restrictions in place in many regions, including Montreal and Quebec City, the French-speaking province lose 12,900 jobs, while unemployment edged up to 7.7 per cent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The jobs loss was spearheaded by 42,000 reductions in employment in the province\u2019s accommodation and food services industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canada saw its unemployment rate edge down as it added 83,600 jobs in October, despite many provinces reimposing restrictions due to the second wave of COVID-19. The Canada jobs Labour Force Survey showed the unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 8.9 per cent compared to September. Of the employment increase, the majority was in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":81230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68025,68467,4859],"tags":[58891,58892,70321,68445,68446,58893],"class_list":["post-81235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada-job-fr","category-coronavirus-fr","category-lactualite-canadienne","tag-canada-jobs-fr","tag-canada-unemployment-fr","tag-canadian-economy-fr","tag-coronavirus-fr","tag-covid-19-fr","tag-labour-force-survey-fr","category-68025","category-68467","category-4859","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWhat Are The Labour Force Survey Highlights?<\/h3>\n
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\n Unemployment rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 8.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Employment rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 59.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Labour force participation rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 65.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Number unemployed<\/b><\/td>\n 1,816,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Number working<\/b><\/td>\n 18,553,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Youth (15-24) unemployment rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 18.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Men (over 25) unemployment rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Women (over 25) unemployment rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n 6.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nProvincial Canada Jobs Picture<\/h3>\n
\nUnemployment Rates In Canada\u2019s Provinces<\/h3>\n
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\n <\/td>\n Jobs change in last month<\/b><\/td>\n Unemployment\u00a0rate (%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Columbia<\/b><\/td>\n 33,500<\/td>\n 8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Alberta<\/b><\/td>\n 23,400<\/td>\n 10.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Saskatchewan<\/b><\/td>\n -1,600<\/td>\n 6.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Manitoba<\/b><\/td>\n -1,900<\/td>\n 7.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ontario<\/b><\/td>\n 30,600<\/td>\n 9.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Quebec<\/b><\/td>\n -12,900<\/td>\n 7.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n New Brunswick<\/b><\/td>\n 2,600<\/td>\n 10.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nova Scotia<\/b><\/td>\n 2,800<\/td>\n 8.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Prince Edward Island<\/b><\/td>\n 900<\/td>\n 10.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Newfoundland & Labrador<\/b><\/td>\n 5,900<\/td>\n 12.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n CANADA<\/b><\/td>\n 83,600<\/b><\/td>\n 8.9<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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