TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2019 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada decreased by 13,000 jobs from November
to December according to the December ADP®
Canada National Employment Report. Broadly distributed
to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP Canada
National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research
Institute®. The report, which is derived from
actual ADP payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm
payroll employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis.
December 2018 Report
Highlights*
Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment1:
-13,000
Industry Snapshot:
- Goods Producing:
- Manufacturing 4,700
- Construction -6,900
- Natural Resources and Mining 1,400
- Service Providing:
- Trade/Transportation and Utilities
-7,700
- Information -1,100
- Finance/Real Estate -2,600
- Professional/Business Services
1,600
-
- Professional/Technical -400
- Management of Companies -1,800
- Administrative and Support
3,700
- Education & Health Care 3,000
-
- Educational Services 0
- Health Care 3,000
- Leisure and Hospitality
-1,900
- Other Services2
-3,500
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
"Despite a dip in job growth in December, overall gains for 2018
were strong," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the
ADP Research Institute. "Of the more than 340,000 jobs added
this year, education and healthcare, professional services and
leisure and hospitality were significant drivers of growth."
The November total of jobs added was revised up from 39,100 to
74,000.
The January 2019 ADP Canada
National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on February 21,
2019.
About the ADP Canada National Employment
Report
The ADP Canada National Employment Report
is a monthly measure of the change in total Canada nonfarm payroll employment derived from
actual, anonymous payroll data of client companies served by ADP
Canada. The report, which measures more than two million workers in
Canada, is produced by the ADP
Research Institute®, a specialized group within the
company that provides insights around employment trends and
workforce strategy.
Each month, the ADP Research Institute issues the ADP Canada
National Employment Report as part of the company's commitment
to adding deeper insights into the labour market in Canada and providing businesses, governments
and others with a source of credible and valuable
information. The ADP Canada National Employment Report
is broadly distributed to the public each month, free of
charge.
For a description of the underlying data and the statistical
model used to create this report, please see "ADP Canada
National Employment Report: Development Methodology".
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1 Including 14 industries (cf. report
methodology)
2 Including public administration
SOURCE ADP, LLC