Worse than economists had expected
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Government-enforced restrictions across various provinces in April blew out job gains from previous months as a worsening third wave hit front-facing industries again.
Nationally, employment fell by 1.1 per cent, a loss of 207,000 jobs, while unemployment increased by 0.6 percentage points to 8.1 per cent last month, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
Following two months of promising gains, the employment decline was worse than economists’ expectations who had estimated a loss of 160,000 jobs.
The number of people working less than half their usual hours increased by 27 per cent from March to 288,000.
Ontario, grappling with a vicious resurgence of COVID-19, lost 153,000 jobs while British Columbia, under its “circuit breaker” restrictions, saw a decline 43,000.
Pandemic restrictions that tend to limit high-contact services meant retail, food services, information, culture and recreation sectors were hit the hardest, losing a combined 169,000 jobs in April.
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2021-05-07 13:18:45Z
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