Non-farm payroll employment fell by 33,800 in November, according to figures released this morning by Statistics Canada. This decline, the result of small losses across a large number of industries, followed two consecutive months of increases.
Since June 2009, the trend in payroll employment has been relatively flat, compared with the first six months of the year when it declined sharply. This change in trend reflects a slower pace of loss in some industries, combined with little change or growth in other industries since June.
The largest losses in November were in grocery stores (-4,100); other provincial and territorial public administration (-3,400); universities (-2,900); wired telecommunications carriers (-2,800); and pulp, paper and paperboard mills (-2,200).
There were also increases in payroll employment in some industries in November, including community care facilities for the elderly (+3,100); computer systems design and related services (+2,500); non-depository credit intermediation, which includes credit card and sales financing issuers (+2,300); and couriers (+2,200).
Since June, the pace of job losses in manufacturing has slowed considerably to 6,100 per month on average. This was the largest turnaround of all industries. From October 2008 to June 2009, manufacturing had shed over 21,600 jobs per month on average.
Among manufacturing industries still experiencing job losses, albeit at a slower pace, are plastic products; architectural and structural metals; and sawmills and wood preservation.
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