TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2018 /CNW/ -- Employment in Canada increased by 28,800 jobs from August to September according to the September 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.   

September 2018 Report Highlights*

Total Canada Nonfarm Payroll Employment¹:  28,800

Industry Snapshot:

- Goods Producing:

• Manufacturing     -3,300
• Construction     -200
• Natural Resources and Mining     -2,200

- Service Providing:

• Trade/Transportation and Utilities     13,300
• Information     4,200
• Finance/Real Estate     1,700
• Professional/Business Services     800
• Professional/Technical     3,900
• Management of Companies     -1,100
• Administrative and Support     -2,000
• Education & Health Care     14,300
• Educational Services    5,400
• Health Care     9,000
• Leisure and Hospitality     -2,300
• Other Services²     2,500

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

"The labor market was quite strong in the month of September," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute.  "Although the goods producing sector struggled this month, we saw significant growth in many industries.  Trade, for example, continued its steady growth adding the most jobs the sector has seen all year."

The August total of jobs added was revised up from 13,600 to 42,700.

The October 2018 ADP Canada National Employment Report will be released at 8:30a.m.ET on November 15, 2018.

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".

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¹ Including 14 industries (cf. report methodology)
² Including public administration

SOURCE ADP, LLC

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