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TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2019 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada increased by 73,700 jobs from June to July according to the July 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.   

July 2019 Report Highlights*

Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment¹:  73,700

Industry Snapshot:

- Goods Producing:

• Manufacturing     7,800  
• Construction     11,400                       
• Natural Resources and Mining     3,100

- Service Providing:

• Trade/Transportation and Utilities     18,100                                   
• Information     1,100
• Finance/Real Estate     2,600
• Professional/Business Services     9,500
       - Professional/Technical     7,300
       - Management of Companies     900
       - Administrative and Support     1,300                       
• Education & Health Care     5,400
       - Educational Services     -4,000
       - Health Care     9,300
• Leisure and Hospitality     12,000           
• Other Services²     2,800           

* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.

"We saw strong job growth in July," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "The job gains were broadly distributed across the majority of industries with trade, leisure and hospitality, and construction leading the way."

The June total of jobs added was revised down from 30,400 to -9,600

The August 2019 ADP Canada National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on September 19, 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