Canada Talent Market Monthly - 2019 Year In Review

In 2019, Canada added +320,000 jobs, a faster pace of growth than the previous year. Growth was seen in the first three quarters of the year and mostly due to gains in full-time employment (+283,000 or +1.9%). Although unemployment fell to 5.4% in May, a record low since January 1976, the year ended with a rate of 5.6%, the same as December 2018.