Moving2Canada Jobs Report

New Canadian employment figures are released each month, and you’ll always find the latest data here on our Moving2Canada Jobs Report.

The data below comes from the Labour Force Survey, produced by Statistics Canada.

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May 11, 2018 update

The Canadian unemployment rate remains steadily below the mark of 6pc for the sixth successive month. Unchanged since February, the April rate stands at 5.8pc.

Though overall employment remained the same, full-time employment among women aged 25 to 54 grew significantly (+20,000).

In year-on-year comparison total employment rose by 278,000 (+1.5%) while the number of hours worked were up 1.9% compared to April 2017. Employment overall is on an upward trend since the second half of 2016.

The job market improved in Nova Scotia, with the unemployment rate falling by 0.7% to 6.7% compared to March 2018. Prince Edward Island saw a significant increase in unemployment by 0.9% to a total of 11.2%.

Unemployment remains lowest across all provinces and territories at 5% in British Columbia, while Newfoundland and Labrador show the highest unemployment rate, at 14.5%.

Amazon announces Vancouver expansion

Near the end of April, online retail giant Amazon announced 3,000 new high-tech jobs in fields including e-commerce technology, cloud computing, and machine learning for its Vancouver office. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on hand to welcome the announcement, stating that Vancouver was “poised to attract premier investment that creates the jobs of tomorrow.”

Find the details here.

Industry focus

Month-to-month, jobs in construction grew by 13,500 in April, with Quebec contributing more than half of the nationwide growth. Year-on-year figures rose, with 34,700 construction jobs added across Canada, compared to the same period last year. The unemployment rate in the sector stands at 9.7% across Canada, down from 10.5% for the first time in 2018. This also marks a strong improvement of -1.5% compared to April 2017.

Immigrant employment

Unemployment among the permanently settled immigrant population keeps approaching the national average, falling by 0.2% compared to March 2018 and remaining only slightly above the national average of 5.8% at 6%. This also marks the lowest unemployment rate among Permanent Residents in 12 months.

Though newer arrivals, landed within the past five years, are still more at-risk of being unemployed, the rate dropped again slightly to 8.6% compared to March.

Immigrants born Africa, Asia and Latin America were in a slightly better position in April, all seeing a slightly lowered unemployment rate. North American and European immigrants saw little change, but their unemployment remains steadily below the national rate.