Canada : Latest release from the Labour Force Survey

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Latest release from the Labour Force Survey (PDF)

Friday, January 9, 2009
Released at 7:00 a.m. Eastern time in The Daily
December 2008 (Previous release)

Employment declined for the second consecutive month in December (-34,000), the result of a large drop in full-time work. With the decline in employment came a 0.3 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, which hit 6.6% in December.

Employment growth from December 2007 to December 2008 was 0.6% (+98,000), much slower than the increase of 2.2% (+358,000) observed over the same period in the previous year. From the record low of 5.8% in early 2008, the unemployment rate had climbed 0.8 percentage points by the end of the year, with most of the increase occurring in the last quarter.

Source : http://www.statcan.gc.ca

Full release here.