B.C.’s labour market is showing few signs of getting bogged down by global trade uncertainty.
B.C.’s labour market is showing few signs of getting bogged down by global trade uncertainty.
The province added 13,000 jobs to the economy in May—the third straight month of gains, according to data released Friday from Statistics Canada.
Despite those gains, the province’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 per cent as more people entered the labour market looking for work.
Momentum was carried by full-time work (+15,700 jobs) rather than part-time work (-2,800 jobs).
Sector-specific gains were carried by construction (+11,200 jobs), technology (+11,100 jobs) and health care (8,700 jobs).
The most notable losses were in accommodation/food services (-9,000 jobs), transportation/warehousing (-5,700 jobs) and information/culture/recreation (-4,800 jobs), the category associated with the film and TV sector.
Canada, meanwhile, added 8,800 jobs as the national unemployment rate grew 0.1 percentage points to seven per cent.
