Nation adds jobs in February, less people looking for work in P.A.
After shedding the most jobs since 2009 in January, the nation’s economy added 15,400 net new jobs in February, edging the unemployment rate down a point to 5.8 per cent.
According to Statistics Canada’s monthly data dump, the gains come heavily on the back of part-time work, offset by a decline in full-time employment, and mostly in the public sector. The country lost 39,000 full-time positions and generated 54,700 part-time jobs, according to the report.
Employment bumps were found in a number of industries, led by the health care and social assistance sectors. Jobs were lost in the wholesale, retail and manufacturing industries, the report said.
Over the past 12 months, the nation’s employment is up by 1.5 per cent or 283,000 jobs. These gains were fueled by full-time work.