Nationwide, employment gains totalled 158,000 or 0.9 per cent in 2015, slightly outpacing the growth rate of 0.7 per cent over the same period from 2013 to 2014.
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OTTAWA-Job growth in Canada surged ahead of expectations in December but the underlying results were mixed, with gains concentrated in the part-time and self-employed categories.
Nationally, the rate remained steady at 7.1% as the economy added 22,800 jobs last month. The U.S.jobs reports for both October and November were also revised upward.
On the positive side, the services industry continued to create new jobs, growing 5.2 per cent previous year. Workers designated by Statistics Canada as employees fell by 17,500.
The report says Ontario’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 per cent from 6.9 per cent as it added 34,900 net positions in December, including 42,200 full-time positions. Even so, hiring and investment may be hobbled for the next few years by losses in energy-producing regions, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said in a speech Thursday.
Across Canada, employment in natural resources fell 6.8 per cent, with most of that decline taking place in Alberta.
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Despite the addition in jobs, the National jobless rate stayed at 7.1 per cent.
