2023-05-05 12:34:24
Employment in Quebec was little changed in April, with the unemployment rate standing at 4.1%, slightly above its record low of 3.9% recorded in January 2023 and November 2022.
• Read also: Unemployment stood at 4.2% in Quebec in March
Thus, employment varied by 0.2% between the months of March and April. There are 3.7 million full-time jobs (+100) and 822,000 part-time jobs (+10,600).
It is in the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Québec that the unemployment rate is at its lowest (1.7%). Moreover, it stands at 4.6% in the Montréal CMA. It should be noted that employment remained stable in the province’s two metropolises.
In Canada, employment edged up (+41,000; +0.2%) and the unemployment rate stood at 5%, unchanged since December 2022.
According to Statistics Canada, employment remained stable among women aged 25 and over while it increased by 18,000 (+0.3%) among men of the core working age (25 to 54 years old). and 16,000 (0.7%) among those aged 55 and over. When looking at the numbers for the youngest, there is little variation over the past month.
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