Statistics Canada said employment fell by 68,000 in September, the second monthly decline, and the unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent.
Employment in Canada fell by 68,000 in September, or 0.3 percent, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point to 6.5 percent, Statistics Canada said in the Labour Force Survey released on Friday. The employment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 60.6 percent.
The agency said the drop was concentrated among people aged 15 to 24, down 48,000, and among women aged 25 to 54, down 28,000. Full-time work fell by 35,000 and part-time work by 33,000. September was the second straight monthly decline after a loss of 42,000 in August.
Fewer people were working in educational services, down 35,000, health care and social assistance, down 23,000, and manufacturing, down 13,000. Employment in other services, including repair and personal services, rose by 17,000. By province, Quebec lost 49,000 jobs, British Columbia 20,000 and Manitoba 4,400.
BNN Bloomberg reported a net loss of 68,300 and said the decline more than erased job gains recorded earlier this year. It said the losses were not concentrated in industries most exposed to new U.S. tariffs. The survey is the last labour print before the Bank of Canada's policy decision later this month.
The figures are the official survey, not a forecast. Statistics Canada did not attribute the September drop to a single employer or policy in the highlights used here.
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- BNN Bloomberg said the September loss wiped off job gains seen earlier this year.
- Statistics Canada said the decline was concentrated among youth and among women aged 25 to 54.