StatCan job numbers: Retail numbers down 4% from 2021
December 12, 2022Statistics Canada says Canadian employment was little changed (+10,000) in November 2022 as the unemployment rate declined just 0.1% to 5.1%.
However, retail jobs ticked down -4.1% (unadjusted) year-over-year, although they were still up 0.1% from October 2022. This tracks with the recent StatCan Q4 2022 Business Conditions survey, which showed 63% of retailers find recruiting and retaining staff more challenging than 12 months ago.
RCC’s Retail Pulse Dashboard – which gives RCC members up-to-the-minute data on all things retail, including job numbers – shows month-over-month job number increases in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick to total of 2.2 million retail jobs across the country.
For questions or more information contact
Kate Skipton
Senior Policy Analyst, Government Relations
kskipton@retailcouncil.org
416 467-3744
