Canada Talent Market Monthly - September 2020
09/08/2020
Canada gained 246K jobs in August, compared with 419K in July. Added to gains of 1.2M in May and June, employment was brought to within 1.1M of its pre-COVID February level. As of week of August 9 to 15, 1.8M workers were affected by the COVID-19 economic shutdown. In April, this number peaked at 5.5M – a 3M drop in employment and 2.5M increase in COVID-related absences.