Employment decreased by 40,000 0.2 per cent) in August, bringing cumulative declines since May 2022 to 114,000 ( 0.6 per cent).

Employment among public sector employees fell ( 28,000; 0.6 per cent) for the second consecutive month in August, while both the number of private sector
employees and the number of self employed workers were little changed.

Employment in Quebec increased by 27,000 (+0.6 per cent). There were also more people looking for work and the unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 4.5 per cent.

Adjusted unemployment rate includes those who wanted a job but did not look for one.

In August, 11.9 per cent permanent employees were planning to leave their job within the next 12 months, 5.5 per centage points higher than in January 2022 (not seasonally adjusted).

The unemployment rate rose by 0.5 per centage points to 5.4 per cent.

While all of the August losses were in full time work ( 40,000; 0.2 per cent), full time employment in August was 593,000 (+3.9 per cent) higher than 12 months earlier

Employment among youth aged 15 to 24 fell by 25,000 ( 0.9 per cent) in August, following five months of little change. The August decline was primarily among young women ( 16,000; 1.3 per cent), while employment among young men was little changed. Employment among people aged 55 and older held steady for a second consecutive month.

16.8 per cent of employed Canadians reported that they usually work exclusively from home, down from 18.0 per cent in July, and down 7.5 per centage points since the beginning of 2022.

The average hourly wages of employees rose 5.4 per cent (+$1.60 to $31.33) on a year over year basis in August, compared with 5.2 per cent in both June and July (not seasonally adjusted).

The employment rate for returning students (55.6 per cent) was on par with both its August 2021 level and the pre pandemic August 2019 rate (not seasonally adjusted).

The labour force participation rate rose 0.1 per centage points to 64.8 per cent.