The country saw part-time employment increase by 74,000 jobs in September, offset by a decline of 62,000 full-time positions.
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In the Calgary census metropolitan area, there were 2,400 new jobs, up 0.3 per cent from August, as the unemployment rate rose from 6.6 per cent to 6.8 per cent. Year-over-year, the Calgary region has created 17,600 new jobs, up 2.2 per cent.
OTTAWA-Canada added more jobs than expected in September, but the jobless rate rose to a 19-month high and full-time employment plunged. Canada was in a mild recession in the first half of 2015.
The pace of job growth slowed for the third quarter overall, with the economy adding 31,000 jobs, compared to 33,000 in the second quarter and 63,000 in the first three months of the year, the agency said.
All in all, Canada’s economy has now added 161,000 jobs in the past 12 months, an increase of 0.9%, according to the nation’s number-crunchers. Private-sector employment increased by 10,100, while the public sector shed 28,800 positions.
A big drop in the number of people employed in the province in September.
It was the last major piece of economic data ahead of the October 19 vote.
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The jobs report was filled “with a lot of quirkiness”, Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said in a note. Most of the gain (24,900) was in part-time work, though there were 6,200 new full-time jobs as well.
