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The average weekly earnings of employees increased 1.1% from December to $823.71 in January.
Since January 2008, average weekly earnings have risen 3.2%.
Among Canada's largest industrial sectors, between January 2008 and January 2009, average weekly earnings increased by 6.1% in retail trade, 4.4% in health and social assistance, 3.5% in educational services, and 2.2% in accommodation and food services. Over the same period, earnings declined by 0.8% in manufacturing and 0.4% in public administration.
The strongest year-over-year earnings growth among the provinces was reported in Alberta (+7.9%) and Saskatchewan (+6.3%).
Payroll employment decreased by 117,000 (-0.8%) in January from the previous month, the largest drop since March 1991. Since the peak reached in October 2008, the number of employees has decreased by 230,500.
In January, employment fell in every province, with Alberta (-1.4%) and British Columbia (-1.3%) experiencing the largest percentage declines. Ontario recorded the largest drop in the number of employees (-42,200).
Declines in the number of employees were observed in most industries, with the largest decrease occurring in manufacturing (-25,400). Payroll employment in manufacturing has fallen by 105,300 over the last six months. Construction (-15,100), and professional, scientific, and technical services (-14,000) also experienced significant losses in payroll employment. Industries that recorded payroll employment growth in January included public administration (+4,800) and retail trade (+4,700).
Note: With this release, data from the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours are being produced using a new estimation method. Many series are affected by this change, most notably average weekly earnings, average hourly earnings, and average weekly hours.
While estimates of the total number of employees are not affected by this change, some shifts in the breakdown by category of worker (hourly, salaried, and other employees) may occur in some series.
Previously released estimates back to 2001 have been revised to ensure continuity in data series. Data quality indicators are being incorporated into many of the time series.
When the quality of a specific monthly estimate is too unreliable for publication, an "F" will replace the actual estimate. In cases where the sample size is too small to produce reliable estimates, the series will no longer be available.
In line with the normal annual revision cycle, historical corrections to other series are also now available.
Available on CANSIM: tables 281-0023 to 281-0039 and 281-0041 to 281-0046.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2612.
Detailed industry data, data by size of enterprise based on employment, and other labour market indicators will be available soon in the monthly publication Employment, Earnings and Hours (72-002-XIB, free).
Data on payroll employment, earnings and hours for February will be released on April 29.
For more information, or to order data, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-866-873-8788; 613-951-4090; labour@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about revisions, concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Peter Lorenz (613-951-4167), Labour Statistics Division.
Industry group (North American Industry Classification System) | January 2008 | December 2008r | January 2009p | December 2008 to January 2009 | January 2008 to January 2009 |
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Seasonally adjusted | |||||
$ | % change | ||||
Industrial aggregate | 798.06 | 814.51 | 823.71 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
Forestry, logging and support | 962.89 | 875.43 | 882.45 | 0.8 | -8.4 |
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 1,505.72 | 1,553.59 | 1,593.93 | 2.6 | 5.9 |
Utilities | 1,409.01 | 1,439.20 | 1,482.40 | 3.0 | 5.2 |
Construction | 968.05 | 1,044.83 | 1,056.79 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
Manufacturing | 948.72 | 914.41 | 940.95 | 2.9 | -0.8 |
Wholesale trade | 942.28 | 978.77 | 970.79 | -0.8 | 3.0 |
Retail trade | 458.00 | 480.58 | 486.07 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
Transportation and warehousing | 877.12 | 895.15 | 911.07 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
Information and cultural industries | 998.03 | 1,058.56 | 1,070.73 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
Finance and insurance | 1,003.57 | 997.07 | 1,045.14 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 752.66 | 808.16 | 789.94 | -2.3 | 5.0 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,099.52 | 1,122.23 | 1,138.86 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
Management of companies and enterprises | 1,138.78 | 1,062.10 | 1,104.28 | 4.0 | -3.0 |
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 653.48 | 670.17 | 705.59 | 5.3 | 8.0 |
Educational services | 846.75 | 867.64 | 876.00 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Health care and social assistance | 722.68 | 752.21 | 754.81 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 512.34 | 510.75 | 511.28 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
Accommodation and food services | 323.96 | 330.28 | 330.95 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
Other services (excluding public administration) | 658.57 | 666.85 | 682.49 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
Public administration | 1,039.80 | 1,053.24 | 1,035.14 | -1.7 | -0.4 |
Provinces and territories | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 742.64 | 779.44 | 772.88 | -0.8 | 4.1 |
Prince Edward Island | 650.43 | 668.39 | 677.87 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
Nova Scotia | 702.29 | 725.06 | 731.21 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
New Brunswick | 714.12 | 732.96 | 741.02 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
Quebec | 750.36 | 748.54 | 749.98 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
Ontario | 827.68 | 836.62 | 851.40 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
Manitoba | 733.10 | 762.85 | 765.96 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
Saskatchewan | 754.88 | 793.86 | 802.43 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
Alberta | 885.77 | 947.61 | 955.35 | 0.8 | 7.9 |
British Columbia | 772.76 | 789.99 | 798.70 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
Yukon | 845.90 | 855.12 | 863.09 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
Northwest Territories¹ | 1,021.67 | 1,100.30 | 1,153.18 | 4.8 | 12.9 |
Nunavut¹ | 907.32 | 876.96 | 815.36 | -7.0 | -10.1 |
Industry group (North American Industry Classification System) | January 2008 | December 2008r | January 2009p | December 2008 to January 2009 | January 2008 to January 2009 |
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Seasonally adjusted | |||||
thousands | % change | ||||
Industrial aggregate | 14,732.0 | 14,800.4 | 14,683.4 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
Forestry, logging and support | 51.1 | 44.7 | 42.3 | -5.4 | -17.2 |
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 198.1 | 203.5 | 199.7 | -1.9 | 0.8 |
Utilities | 120.5 | 122.7 | 123.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
Construction | 813.7 | 817.7 | 802.6 | -1.8 | -1.4 |
Manufacturing | 1,730.0 | 1,599.6 | 1,574.2 | -1.6 | -9.0 |
Wholesale trade | 759.8 | 753.7 | 750.0 | -0.5 | -1.3 |
Retail trade | 1,868.4 | 1,884.0 | 1,888.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Transportation and warehousing | 685.1 | 696.7 | 688.5 | -1.2 | 0.5 |
Information and cultural industries | 326.3 | 326.3 | 327.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Finance and insurance | 637.2 | 666.4 | 666.2 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 252.0 | 246.8 | 244.3 | -1.0 | -3.1 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 743.6 | 766.6 | 752.6 | -1.8 | 1.2 |
Management of companies and enterprises | 136.5 | 121.3 | 119.9 | -1.2 | -12.2 |
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 779.2 | 754.2 | 753.0 | -0.2 | -3.4 |
Educational services | 1,122.1 | 1,147.5 | 1,136.7 | -0.9 | 1.3 |
Health care and social assistance | 1,506.4 | 1,567.2 | 1,556.5 | -0.7 | 3.3 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 242.2 | 242.1 | 245.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Accommodation and food services | 1,072.1 | 1,095.3 | 1,088.5 | -0.6 | 1.5 |
Other services (excluding public administration) | 508.4 | 510.5 | 507.7 | -0.5 | -0.1 |
Public administration | 984.6 | 1,024.4 | 1,029.2 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
Provinces and territories | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 189.5 | 192.4 | 191.9 | -0.3 | 1.3 |
Prince Edward Island | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Nova Scotia | 395.6 | 393.0 | 391.7 | -0.3 | -1.0 |
New Brunswick | 311.5 | 311.0 | 310.8 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
Quebec | 3,365.3 | 3,393.1 | 3,370.0 | -0.7 | 0.1 |
Ontario | 5,689.5 | 5,671.0 | 5,628.8 | -0.7 | -1.1 |
Manitoba | 556.0 | 562.8 | 561.4 | -0.2 | 1.0 |
Saskatchewan | 431.0 | 439.9 | 436.6 | -0.8 | 1.3 |
Alberta | 1,750.7 | 1,789.8 | 1,765.1 | -1.4 | 0.8 |
British Columbia | 1,929.4 | 1,935.0 | 1,909.0 | -1.3 | -1.1 |
Yukon | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.1 | -2.1 | -2.6 |
Northwest Territories¹ | 23.9 | 26.8 | 25.5 | -4.9 | 6.7 |
Nunavut¹ | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.3 | -7.9 | -10.6 |