Employment statistics in Canada

[TMSB]

Dear all,

Just wanted to share this information with you. Employment edged up in February 2011 (+15,000), bringing total gains over the past three months to 115,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8%. Over the past 12 months, employment has risen by 1.9% (+322,000).

regards
TMSB

 

[Baloo]

There is far more to the report than the snippet provided, be aware that not all of it is good.

Details from Statistics canada here.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/lfs-epa-eng.htm

It's good to link to the source


Also see CBC's take on this:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/03/11/unemployment-rate-feb.html

 

[TMSB]

Thanks for the comment, it is definitely useful to add the source I agree with you.

regards
TMSB