Roughly 36,000 jobs created in 2016 in Quebec

 

In 2016, Quebec posted a growth of just over 36,000 jobs in 2016, representing a 0.9% climb from 2015.

This development was attributable to a welcomed jump of 53,700 full-time jobs and a decline of 17,600 part-time jobs. The main benefactors of this situation were women. The number of women employed grew by 24,400 while the number for men was an increase of 11,800 jobs.

With an increase of full-time jobs and a decline of part-time jobs, it is not surprising that the employment rate went up by 54,900 for those 25 years old and over, while the employment among youth, aged 15–24, went down by 18,800.

The 2016 increase in employment was particularly beneficial to private sector workers, a sector which created 35,800 more jobs. Employment in the public sector varied little, only increasing by 4,200. The number of self-employed workers decreased by 3,900.

The goods-producing and services-producing sectors recorded a rise in employment with an increase of 7,400 and 28,700 jobs respectively. The biggest loser was the trades, which lost 10,100 jobs.

Over the past year, Quebec’s labour force rose by 14,100, (0.3%), while the number of unemployed dropped by 22,000 (–6.5%) for a total of 4,133,100 jobs. The employment rate shrank by 0.2 points to attain 64.6% while the unemployment rate dropped 0.5 points to settle at 7.1%.

Ontario’s employment growth was the highest in the country with a 1.1% increase versus 0.7% in Canada as a whole. Quebec’s rate grew by 0.9%. The annual unemployment rate reached 6.5% in Ontario, which was lower than Canada’s 7.0% and Quebec’s 7.1%.
(LRC)