COVID-19 and the labour market in June 2020
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Description: COVID-19 and the labour market in June 2020
COVID-19 and the labour market in June 2020
In June, COVID-19 economic restrictions continued to ease in most provinces.
Between February and April, 5.5 million Canadian workers were affected by the COVID-19 economic shutdown by either job loss or reduced hours. By June, the number of affected workers was down 43% to 3.1 million.
Compared with May, in June:
Almost 1 million more people were employed, up 6%
823,000 fewer people were absent from work for COVID-related reasons, down 27%
167,000 fewer people were unemployed, down 6%
449,000 fewer people wanted a job but didn’t look for one, down 32%
June employment as a percentage of February employment | |
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Low physical proximity | |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 95.0 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 99.0 |
Public administration | 97.8 |
Moderate physical proximity | |
Manufacturing | 91.9 |
Agriculture | 91.4 |
Transportation and warehousing | 88.0 |
Information, culture and recreation | 83.1 |
Construction | 89.3 |
High physical proximity | |
Retail trade | 88.7 |
Educational services | 92.6 |
Health care and social assistance | 95.8 |
Accommodation and food services | 66.7 |
Men | Women | |
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difference in employment in June compared with February (%) | ||
15 to 24 years old | -19% | -26% |
25 to 54 years old | -6% | -8% |
55 years and older | -8% | -11% |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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