Ouch! Canada only created 32,000 permanent jobs in 2014
How was last year for job creation?
Thanks to new job numbers released Friday, we now have a more complete picture of just how flat 2014 was.
According to Statistics Canada, a grand total of 32,000 permanent jobs were created in Canada last year. Meanwhile, the country saw temporary jobs increase by 110,000 over the same time period – highlighting the continued trend towards a precarious labour force.
Although Canadian employment grew by 1% last year, our working-age population grew by 1.2%. And while Canada's unemployment rate dipped by 0.6%, the proportion of Canadians who actually had jobs fell from 61.6% to 61.5%.
(The unemployment rate only measures the number of people who are unemployed and actively seeking work. Pointedly, despite the increase in working-age population, the proportion of Canadians working or actively seeking work fell from 66.4% to 65.9% – meaning many Canadians gave up looking for work altogether.)
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