TORONTO, Jan. 21, 2021 /CNW/ -- Employment in
Canada decreased by 28,800 jobs
from November to December according to the December
ADP® Canada National Employment
Report. Broadly distributed to the public each month,
free of charge, the ADP Canada National Employment Report is
produced by the ADP Research Institute®. The
report, which is derived from actual ADP payroll data, measures the
change in total nonfarm payroll employment each month on a
seasonally-adjusted basis.
December 2020 Report
Highlights*
Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment1:
-28,800
Industry Snapshot:
- Goods Producing:
- Manufacturing -17,200
- Construction
-3,800
- Natural Resources and Mining 2,800
- Service Providing:
- Trade/Transportation and Utilities
-4,600
- Information -800
- Finance/Real Estate -3,900
- Professional/Business Services
-15,200
-Professional/Technical -10,900
-Management of
Companies -500
-Administrative and
Support
-3,800
- Education & Health Care 5,400
-Educational
Services 3,600
-Health Care
1,800
- Leisure and Hospitality
-600
- Other Services2
9,000
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
"December payrolls posted a decrease in jobs," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "While
most industries saw declines led by the manufacturing; professional
business services; and trade, transportation and utilities sectors;
job gains were recorded in education and healthcare, and natural
resources and mining."
The November total of jobs added was revised from 40,800 to
-219,800.
The January 2021 ADP Canada
National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on February 18,
2021.
About the ADP Canada National Employment
Report
The ADP Canada National Employment Report
is a monthly measure of the change in total Canada nonfarm payroll employment derived from
actual, anonymous payroll data of client companies served by ADP
Canada. The report, which measures more than two million workers in
Canada, is produced by the ADP
Research Institute®, a specialized group within the
company that provides insights around employment trends and
workforce strategy.
Each month, the ADP Research Institute issues the ADP Canada
National Employment Report as part of the company's commitment
to adding deeper insights into the labour market in Canada and providing businesses, governments
and others with a source of credible and valuable
information. The ADP Canada National Employment Report
is broadly distributed to the public each month, free of
charge.
For a description of the underlying data and the statistical
model used to create this report, please see "ADP Canada
National Employment Report: Development Methodology".
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1 Including 14 industries (cf. report
methodology)
2 Including public administration
SOURCE ADP, Inc.