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TORONTO, Jan. 16, 2020 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada increased by 46,200 jobs from November to December according to the December 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.
December 2019 Report Highlights*
Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment1: 46,200
Industry Snapshot:
- Goods Producing:
- Manufacturing -1,400
- Construction 11,300
- Natural Resources and Mining -2,500
- Service Providing:
- Trade/Transportation and Utilities 8,200
- Information 500
- Finance/Real Estate -4,500
- Professional/Business Services 3,600
- Professional/Technical -1,000
- Management of Companies -300
- Administrative and Support 4,800 - Education & Health Care 13,000
- Educational Services 8,200
- Health Care 4,800 - Leisure and Hospitality 8,400
- Other Services2 9,600
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
"December's labour market finished the year in a strong position, with 9 of the 14 industries posting job gains," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "The payroll increase was largely reflective of employment growth in trade, transportation and utilities, as well as construction and public administration. However, manufacturing and natural resources and mining experienced a decline."
The November total of jobs added was revised down from 30,900 to 27,600.
The January 2020 ADP Canada National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on February 20, 2020.
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".
About the ADP Research Institute
The mission of the ADP Research Institute is to generate data-driven discoveries about the world of work, and to derive reliable economic indicators from these insights. We offer these findings to the world at large as our unique contribution to making the world of work better and more productive, and to bring greater awareness to the economy at large.
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1 Including 14 industries (cf. report methodology)
2 Including public administration
SOURCE ADP, LLC
