Atlantic Region Outpaces Rest Of Canada In Employment Gains
Employment increased in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador in April, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.
Employment increased in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador in April, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.
Nationally, February’s job gains were most notable in the accommodation and food services, and information, culture and recreation industries, according to Statistics Canada.
Halifax’s labour force keeps growing, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over the past year, the employment and labour numbers have not been so kind to Nova Scotia as a whole, however.
The province gained nearly 900 full-time jobs, according the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey released Friday, but lost 1,200 jobs overall because the economy shed 2,200 part-time positions.
The employment situation remained somewhat steady in the province’s two CMAs, Moncton and Saint John.
Overall, Canada’s labour market delivered a surprise Friday with its biggest one-month employment surge since 1976, when the government started collecting comparable data.
The Hub City continued to create jobs as Saint John continued to lose them, according to the latest Statistics Canada figures.
Saint John’s unemployment rate jumped from 5.7 percent to 6.4 percent, according to Statistics Canada.
The unemployment rate in New Brunswick took a big dip last month, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.