Canada added 41,000 jobs in April, almost all part-time work

Canada’s economic system added 41,000 new jobs in April, principally part-time work.

Statistics Canada reported Friday that the jobless fee held regular within the month at 5 per cent.

Ontario added 33,000 new jobs, whereas Prince Edward Island added 2,200. Manitoba misplaced 4,000 jobs, and in every single place else, the job market was little modified.

Virtually all the brand new jobs have been part-time, whereas full-time work and self-employment have been flat.

Amongst those that labored solely part-time throughout the month, virtually one in six say they might have most popular full-time work however could not discover it.

The typical hourly wage was $33.38 throughout the month. That is a rise of $1.66, or 5.2 per cent, in comparison with what it was a yr in the past, and it marks the third month in a row that wage good points are outpacing the inflation fee over the identical interval.

Extra jobs, however extra job seekers, too

Whereas the economic system added extra jobs than anticipated, it wasn’t sufficient to push down the jobless fee, as a result of extra folks have been searching for work, too.

Greater than 47,000 folks entered the labour power throughout the month. That is been a recurring theme in current months, one which economists are beginning to be aware of, and inflicting them to recalibrate their expectations, ever since current knowledge revealed that Canada’s inhabitants grew by greater than one million folks final yr.

“The continued spike within the inhabitants signifies that hiring is not tightening the labour market as a lot as it could in any other case be,” stated Royce Mendes, an economist with Desjardins. “Newcomers to Canada have been nonetheless discovering work with relative ease in April, with the economic system including jobs for an eighth month in a row.”