TORONTO, June 18, 2020 /CNW/ -- Employment in
Canada increased by 208,400 jobs
from April to May according to the May 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.
May 2020 Report
Highlights*
Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment1:
208,400
Industry Snapshot:
- Goods Producing:
- Manufacturing -55,300
- Construction
80,700
- Natural Resources and Mining
-12,100
- Service Providing:
- Trade/Transportation and Utilities
32,400
- Information 15,000
- Finance/Real Estate -25,100
- Professional/Business Services
45,800
-
Professional/Technical 1,000
- Management of
Companies 1,000
- Administrative and
Support
43,700
- Education & Health Care 40,400
- Educational
Services -14,000
- Health Care
54,500
- Leisure and Hospitality
35,200
- Other Services2
51,500
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
"The job market appeared to show early signs of a rebound in May
as restrictions eased and many began to return to work," said Ahu
Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research
Institute. "Industries that led job growth were construction,
healthcare and administrative support services while manufacturing
and finance continued to show loss as a result of COVID-19."
The April total of jobs added was revised from -226,700 to
-2,361,714.
The June 2020 ADP Canada
National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on July 16,
2020.
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, LLC