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Canadian Press
Friday, October 11, 2002
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OTTAWA (CP) - More people began looking for work last month, pushing the unemployment rate up to 7.7 per cent from 7.5 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Employment actually rose by 41,000 - all part-time jobs and mostly in Ontario - but the jobless rate went up because more people were looking for work. The participation rate edged up to 67.2 per cent, the highest level in 12 years.
For 2002 as a whole, employment has increased by 2.8 per cent, or 427,000 jobs. From January to September the economy created 255,000 full-time jobs and 171,000 part-time jobs.
Part-time jobs for young people rose by 47,000 in September, while full-time jobs in this sector fell by 52,000.
The statistics agency said growth in youth employment has been strong this year, rising 3.3 per cent.
Adult women found 42,000 jobs last month, most of them full-time. However, strong growth in the participation rate pushed unemployment in this group up 0.1 percentage points to 6.3 per cent.
Employment among adult men was essentially unchanged in September.
Manufacturing jobs, which have been a major source of growth for the year as a whole, dipped slightly in September. Overall this year, manufacturing has added 132,000 jobs, an increase of 5.9 per cent.
In contrast, the number of factory jobs in the United States has fallen by 2.4 per cent this year.
Manufacturing job losses in September totalled 17,000, spread across a number of industries.
Employment rose in transportation and warehousing, pushed by earlier increases in factory jobs which meant higher shipments.
Health care and social assistance employment rose in September, offsetting a drop in August.
Ontario showed strong job gains in September, adding 32,000 workers after an increase of 44,000 in August. These gains were well above the average monthly increases of about 10,000 recorded between January and July.
Quebec added 9,000 jobs following two months of decline. The provincial jobless rate slipped to 8.4 per cent from 8.5 per cent.
Newfoundland and Labrador lost about 3,000 jobs, mostly in the service-producing industries. That pushed the unemployment rate up 1.1 percentage points to 16.8, the highest rate in the country.
Manitoba added a couple of thousand jobs, which pushed the jobless rate down to 4.8 per cent, the lowest rate.
Here's what happened in the provinces, with the August rate in brackets.
-Newfoundland 16.8 (15.7)
-Prince Edward Island 12.0 (12.4)
-Nova Scotia 9.7 (9.7)
-New Brunswick 10.2 (10.5)
-Quebec 8.4 (8.5)
-Ontario 7.3 (7.2)
-Manitoba 4.8 (5.0 )
-Saskatchewan 5.5 (5.4)
-Alberta 5.8 (5.1)
-British Columbia 8.1 (7.8)
Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautioned the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. The previous three-month moving average is in brackets.
-St. John's, Nfld., 8.8 (8.8)
-Halifax, 7.7 (7.6)
-Saint John, N.B., 7.5 (8.4)
-Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Que., 11.0 (11.7)
-Quebec, 6.0 (5.8)
-Trois-Rivieres, Que., 9.9 (9.5)
-Sherbrooke, Que., 7.1 (6.8)
-Montreal, 8.4 (8.2)
-Ottawa-Gatineau, 6.9 (6.7)
-Toronto, 8.0 (7.8)
-Hamilton, 7.3 (7.5)
-Kitchener, Ont., 5.8 (5.3)
-London, Ont., 6.9 (7.2)
-Oshawa, Ont., 6.1 (5.9)
-St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont., 6.5 (6.6)
-Sudbury, Ont., 8.8 (9.2)
-Thunder Bay, Ont., 6.4 (6.5)
-Windsor, Ont., 8.0 (8.8)
-Winnipeg, 5.0 (5.0)
-Regina, 5.7 (5.3)
-Saskatoon, 6.0 (6.0)
-Calgary, 6.2 (5.9)
-Edmonton, 5.0 (5.2)
-Vancouver, 7.2 (7.3)
-Victoria, 6.7 (6.7)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Canadian Press
Friday, October 11, 2002
ADVERTISEMENT
OTTAWA (CP) - More people began looking for work last month, pushing the unemployment rate up to 7.7 per cent from 7.5 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Employment actually rose by 41,000 - all part-time jobs and mostly in Ontario - but the jobless rate went up because more people were looking for work. The participation rate edged up to 67.2 per cent, the highest level in 12 years.
For 2002 as a whole, employment has increased by 2.8 per cent, or 427,000 jobs. From January to September the economy created 255,000 full-time jobs and 171,000 part-time jobs.
Part-time jobs for young people rose by 47,000 in September, while full-time jobs in this sector fell by 52,000.
The statistics agency said growth in youth employment has been strong this year, rising 3.3 per cent.
Adult women found 42,000 jobs last month, most of them full-time. However, strong growth in the participation rate pushed unemployment in this group up 0.1 percentage points to 6.3 per cent.
Employment among adult men was essentially unchanged in September.
Manufacturing jobs, which have been a major source of growth for the year as a whole, dipped slightly in September. Overall this year, manufacturing has added 132,000 jobs, an increase of 5.9 per cent.
In contrast, the number of factory jobs in the United States has fallen by 2.4 per cent this year.
Manufacturing job losses in September totalled 17,000, spread across a number of industries.
Employment rose in transportation and warehousing, pushed by earlier increases in factory jobs which meant higher shipments.
Health care and social assistance employment rose in September, offsetting a drop in August.
Ontario showed strong job gains in September, adding 32,000 workers after an increase of 44,000 in August. These gains were well above the average monthly increases of about 10,000 recorded between January and July.
Quebec added 9,000 jobs following two months of decline. The provincial jobless rate slipped to 8.4 per cent from 8.5 per cent.
Newfoundland and Labrador lost about 3,000 jobs, mostly in the service-producing industries. That pushed the unemployment rate up 1.1 percentage points to 16.8, the highest rate in the country.
Manitoba added a couple of thousand jobs, which pushed the jobless rate down to 4.8 per cent, the lowest rate.
Here's what happened in the provinces, with the August rate in brackets.
-Newfoundland 16.8 (15.7)
-Prince Edward Island 12.0 (12.4)
-Nova Scotia 9.7 (9.7)
-New Brunswick 10.2 (10.5)
-Quebec 8.4 (8.5)
-Ontario 7.3 (7.2)
-Manitoba 4.8 (5.0 )
-Saskatchewan 5.5 (5.4)
-Alberta 5.8 (5.1)
-British Columbia 8.1 (7.8)
Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautioned the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. The previous three-month moving average is in brackets.
-St. John's, Nfld., 8.8 (8.8)
-Halifax, 7.7 (7.6)
-Saint John, N.B., 7.5 (8.4)
-Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Que., 11.0 (11.7)
-Quebec, 6.0 (5.8)
-Trois-Rivieres, Que., 9.9 (9.5)
-Sherbrooke, Que., 7.1 (6.8)
-Montreal, 8.4 (8.2)
-Ottawa-Gatineau, 6.9 (6.7)
-Toronto, 8.0 (7.8)
-Hamilton, 7.3 (7.5)
-Kitchener, Ont., 5.8 (5.3)
-London, Ont., 6.9 (7.2)
-Oshawa, Ont., 6.1 (5.9)
-St. Catharines-Niagara, Ont., 6.5 (6.6)
-Sudbury, Ont., 8.8 (9.2)
-Thunder Bay, Ont., 6.4 (6.5)
-Windsor, Ont., 8.0 (8.8)
-Winnipeg, 5.0 (5.0)
-Regina, 5.7 (5.3)
-Saskatoon, 6.0 (6.0)
-Calgary, 6.2 (5.9)
-Edmonton, 5.0 (5.2)
-Vancouver, 7.2 (7.3)
-Victoria, 6.7 (6.7)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net