7 September 2018

Such a drop in August was caused by a loss of 92,000 part-time positions, but there were 40,400 new full-time jobs created.

In case of July, the Canadian economy added as much as 54,100 positions.

The largest decline was reported in Ontario, as the province lost 80,100 jobs, mostly from a part-time sector.

On a year-over-year basis, the national employment level rose by 0.9%, following the addition of 171,700 jobs, including 326,100 full-time positions.

The report says that the average hourly wage growth, which is monitored by the central bank, kept slowing down in August showing only a 2.9% increase. July saw 3.2%, following June’s 3.6%.

The national economy lost 38,000 public-sector jobs last month, and the private sector lost 30,700 positions, Statistics Canada says.