ADP Canada National Employment Report: Employment in Canada Decreased by 231,200 Jobs in January 2021

TORONTO, Feb. 18, 2021 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada decreased by 231,200 jobs from December to January according to the January ADP^® Canada National Employment Report.  Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP Canada National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute^®.  The report, which is derived from actual ADP payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm payroll employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis.   

January 2021 Report Highlights*

Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment¹:     -231,200

Industry Snapshot:

- Goods Producing:

• Manufacturing     -17,900
• Construction     -45,400
• Natural Resources and Mining     -1,700 

- Service Providing:

• Trade/Transportation and Utilities     -62,600
• Information     -3,100
• Finance/Real Estate     -5,900
• Professional/Business Services     -17,500
  - Professional/Technical     2,200
  - Management of Companies     -1,200
  - Administrative and Support     -18,600           
• Education & Health Care     -11,400
  - Educational Services     8,300
  - Health Care     -19,800
• Leisure and Hospitality     -55,100
• Other Services²     -10,600

* Sum of components may not equal total, due to rounding.

"January reported a decrease in jobs, the largest decrease since May 2020 during the lockdown period," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "The surge in COVID-19 cases and public health restrictions resulted in mass layoffs. Job losses were reported in every sector, led by trade, transportation and utilities; leisure and hospitality; and construction."

The December total of jobs added was revised from -28,800 to 338,200.

The February 2021 ADP Canada National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on March 18, 2021.

About the ADP Canada National Employment Report
The ADP Canada National Employment Report is a monthly measure of the change in total Canada nonfarm payroll employment derived from actual, anonymous payroll data of client companies served by ADP Canada. The report, which measures more than two million workers in Canada, is produced by the ADP Research Institute^®, a specialized group within the company that provides insights around employment trends and workforce strategy.

Each month, the ADP Research Institute issues the ADP Canada National Employment Report as part of the company's commitment to adding deeper insights into the labour market in Canada and providing businesses, governments and others with a source of credible and valuable information.  The ADP Canada National Employment Report is broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge.

For a description of the underlying data and the statistical model used to create this report, please see "ADP Canada National Employment Report: Development Methodology".

About the ADP Research Institute
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¹ Including 14 industries (cf. report methodology)
² Including public administration

SOURCE ADP, Inc.