TORONTO, Feb. 18, 2021 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada decreased by 231,200 jobs from December
to January according to the January 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.
January 2021 Report
Highlights*
Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll
Employment1: -231,200
Industry Snapshot:
- Goods Producing:
- Manufacturing -17,900
- Construction -45,400
- Natural Resources and Mining
-1,700
- Service Providing:
- Trade/Transportation and Utilities
-62,600
- Information -3,100
- Finance/Real Estate -5,900
- Professional/Business Services
-17,500
- Professional/Technical 2,200
- Management of Companies -1,200
- Administrative and Support
-18,600
- Education & Health Care -11,400
- Educational Services 8,300
- Health Care -19,800
- Leisure and Hospitality -55,100
- Other Services2 -10,600
* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.
"January reported a decrease in jobs, the largest decrease since
May 2020 during the lockdown period,"
said Nela Richardson, chief
economist, ADP. "The surge in COVID-19 cases and public health
restrictions resulted in mass layoffs. Job losses were reported in
every sector, led by trade, transportation and utilities; leisure
and hospitality; and construction."
The December total of jobs added was revised from -28,800 to
338,200.
The February 2021 ADP Canada
National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on March 18,
2021.
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, Inc.