This presentation looks at the February 2017 Employment Market for Canada. The emphasis is on new jobs including both full-time and part-time jobs. The scary trends is the amount of government jobs created past year as that has rose to over 60,000 while the good producing sector continues to bleed jobs. Canada needs to attract more private sector business investment, especially in the goods producing sector.

1. 2017 February Employment
– Canada - Jobless rate
drops to 6.6% as Canada
added 15,000 jobs in
February 2017
Paul Young CPA, CGA
March 10, 2017

2. Agenda
 Summary
 Job Creation by Sector
 Part-Time vs- Full-Time

3. 2017 Forecast
Scotia Bank – March 9, 2017

4. Summary - Overall
Source – Stats Canada – March 10, 2017

5. Summary - Overall
Source – Stats Canada – March 10, 2017
Comment:
• Public Sector grew employment by 65,000
Government spending not sustainable –
Financial Post – June 28, 2016

6. Employment by Sector
Source – Stats Canada – March 10, 2017

7. Jobs Graph (Government –vs
Private Sector)
Source – Stats Canada – March 10, 2017

8. Full-time vs- Part-Time Jobs
Source – Stats Canada – March 10, 2018
Comment:
• Job creation was with Government, Retail and
Warehousing
• Goods Producing sector continues to bleed jobs