Highlights
Employment increased by 83,000 (+0.4%) in June and the employment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to 60.9%. The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 6.9%.
Employment rose among core-aged (25 to 54 years old) men (+62,000; +0.8%) and core-aged women (+29,000; +0.4%). There was little employment change among youth and people aged 55 years and older.
There were employment increases in wholesale and retail trade (+34,000; +1.1%), as well as in health care and social assistance (+17,000; +0.6%). Employment declined in agriculture (-6,000; -2.6%) and was little changed in other industries.
Employment increased in Alberta (+30,000; +1.2%), Quebec (+23,000; +0.5%), Ontario (+21,000; +0.3%) and Manitoba (+8,500; +1.2%), while it declined in Newfoundland and Labrador (-3,500; -1.4%) and Nova Scotia (-3,400; -0.6%).
Total hours worked rose 0.5% in June and were up 1.6% compared with 12 months earlier.
Average hourly wages among employees increased 3.2% (+$1.10 to $36.01) on a year-over-year basis in June, following growth of 3.4% in May (not seasonally adjusted).
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