Employment rose by 79,000 in November, bringing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.5%. Despite November's gain, employment was 321,000 (-1.9%) below the peak of October 2008.
Full-time employment increased by 39,000 in November, the third consecutive monthly increase. Part-time employment also rose in November (+40,000), following two months of declines.
November saw an increase in the number of private (+57,000) and public (+54,000) sector employees, while the number of self-employed workers declined (-32,000). In recent months, the number of employees in the public sector, as well as the number of self-employed, has trended up, while in the private sector, the trend has been relatively flat.
Most of the gain in overall employment in November was among women aged 25 to 54 (+51,000) and men aged 55 and over (+17,000).
Almost all the employment growth in November was attributable to the service sector (+73,000), especially educational services. With November's increase, employment in the service sector is back at its October 2008 level, while employment in the goods sector remained well below (-324,000) where it was at that time.
In November, employment growth was widespread across most provinces with the largest gains in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
Compared with a year ago, average hourly wages in November were up 2.3%, the lowest year-over-year growth since March 2007.
Employment gains in Ontario and Quebec
In Ontario, employment rose by 27,000 in November, the largest gain in the province since September 2008. The unemployment rate, at 9.3%, was unchanged in November. While employment in Ontario remains well below its October 2008 level (-179,000 or -2.7%), since May 2009, employment has edged up slightly.
In Quebec, employment grew by 21,000 in November, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.4 percentage points to 8.1%. During the economic downturn, employment has fallen in Quebec, albeit at a slower pace than the national average.
Employment in Alberta rose by 13,000 in November, the largest monthly increase in the province since October 2008. Since March 2009, employment in the province has edged down by 7,000 (-0.4%), a much smaller loss than the 48,000 (-2.4%) observed during the five months following the peak of October 2008.
In British Columbia, employment edged up in November. Since March 2009, employment has grown by 27,000 (+1.2%), in contrast to the downward trend observed during the first five months of the labour market downturn (-69,000 or -3.0%).
Employment also rose in Manitoba (+3,100), pushing the unemployment rate down 0.5 percentage points to 5.3%. Overall, Manitoba's employment has remained stable throughout the labour market downturn.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, employment increased by 2,700 in November. This caused the unemployment rate to fall 1.1 percentage points to 15.9%.
The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular age–sex group is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group.
Both sexes, 15 years and over
Seasonally adjusted
%
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1999 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.8
2000 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.8
2001 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.6 8.0
2002 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
2003 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.3
2004 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.1
2005 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.5
2006 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1
2007 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
2008 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.6
2009 7.2 7.7 8.0 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.4 8.6 8.5
Source: Statistics Canada
www.statcan.gc.ca
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