Nova Scotia Gained 10,000 Jobs In November
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic causing economic devastation across Canada, employment continued to grow in Halifax as well, with the city adding 2,600 jobs.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic causing economic devastation across Canada, employment continued to grow in Halifax as well, with the city adding 2,600 jobs.
Unemployment in the city fell for the fourth month in a row in September as nearly 3,500 people found work in the city.
Herb Emery of UNB says the province was struggling before the pandemic, and the outbreak is exacerbating existing economic and demographic issues.
Unemployment in Halifax, Saint John, Moncton continued to climb last month as the Canadian economy suffered unprecedented job losses brought on by Covid-19.
In February, the unemployment rate in Halifax rose to 6.6 percent from 6.4 percent in January.
The latest labour force survey, released Friday, shows the province added 1,500 full-time jobs and lost 1,400 part-time positions. But the unemployment rate fell 0.6 percentage points to 6.9 percent as fewer people searched for work.
Larry Crandall, a licensed insolvency trustee at Grant Thornton, talks about how to prepare for unemployment and what to do when it happens.
Canada’s unemployment rate is down to 40-year low, says the latest labour force data from Statistics Canada.
The unemployment rate in New Brunswick took a big dip last month, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.
Rate in May fell by a half a percent in Saint John, nearly a percent in Moncton according to Statistics Canada.