Canada’s job rate holds steady
Posted Jul 8, 2011 09:12:23 AM.
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The Canadian economy created 28,000 jobs in June, the third consecutive month of growth.
Statistics Canada says the country’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 7.4 per cent as the number of people entering the workforce increased.
Increases in the public and private sectors were offset by fewer people who were self employed.
The gains were led by the transportation and warehousing sector which saw a gain of 15,000 jobs.
Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia all posted job gains in June, while Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador saw losses.
Employment was up 40,000 jobs in Ontario following a slight drop in May.
Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. (Previous month in brackets.)
_ St. John’s, N.L. 5.6 (5.6)
_ Halifax 6.3 (6.5)
_ Moncton, N.B. 7.4 (7.8)
_ Saint John, N.B. 6.5 (6.5)
_ Saguenay, Que. 7.6 (7.6)
_ Quebec 5.8 (6.9)
_ Sherbrooke, Que. 6.2 (6.5)
_ Trois-Rivieres, Que. 8.5 (8.5)
_ Montreal 8.0 (7.8)
_ Gatineau, Que. 6.5 (6.6)
_ Ottawa 5.6 (5.9)
_ Kingston, Ont. 6.8 (7.2)
_ Peterborough, Ont. 10.0 (9.9)
_ Oshawa, Ont. 9.7 (10.1)
_ Toronto 8.4 (8.6)
_ Hamilton 5.9 (5.4)
_ St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont. 8.8 (9.1)
_ Kitchener, Ont. 6.9 (7.3)
_ Brantford, Ont. 8.2 (8.4)
_ Guelph, Ont. 6.3 (7.2)
_ London, Ont. 8.7 (8.3)
_ Windsor, Ont. 9.2 (10.6)
_ Barrie, Ont. 8.8 (8.8)
_ Sudbury, Ont. 7.9 (8.4)
_ Thunder Bay, Ont. 6.7 (7.2)
_ Winnipeg 5.6 (5.6)
_ Regina 5.2 (5.4)
_ Saskatoon 5.5 (6.0)
_ Calgary 5.8 (5.7)
_ Edmonton 5.4 (5.6)
_ Kelowna, B.C. 8.5 (8.3)
_ Abbotsford, B.C. 8.6 (8.9)
_ Vancouver 7.2 (7.6)
_ Victoria 6.2 (6.2)
(The Canadian Press)
