The newly-elected Trudeau government has its work cut out for it when it comes to creating jobs in this country, according to the latest monthly from Statistics Canada.
The Canadian economy shed 35,700 jobs in November to reverse a rise in temporary work likely generated by October's federal election, the agency said Friday.
The number of public-administration jobs fell by 32,500 in November to offset an October increase of 32,000 positions in the same category, the federal agency found in its monthly job-market survey.
The worse-than-expected drop in jobs helped nudge November's unemployment rate up one-10th of a percentage point to 7.1%.
A consensus of economists had estimated the country would lose 10,000 jobs last month and for the unemployment rate to hold firm at 7%.
The overall number of part-time positions declined by 72,300 November compared to the previous month, while full-time jobs climbed by 36,600.
Regionally, Alberta saw its jobless rate jumped from 6.6% to 7% -- the province's highest level since April 2010 -- as 14,900 fewer people were working there, the biggest decline from October to November of any province in the report.
Elsewhere in the country, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island all registered drops in employment, while other provinces saw little change from October.
