But unemployment rate increased as more people looked for jobs
Even though employment increased in August, the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 8.1 per cent as more people began looking for jobs, according to Statistics Canada.
There were 36,000 new jobs last month, all full time, with increases in educational services, professional, scientific and technical services and natural resources.
These gains were offset by job losses in manufacturing, business building and other support services and information, culture and recreation.
Quebec, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador saw the biggest employment gains (at 19,000, 5,400 and 3,600, respectively), while there was little change in other provinces.
Monthly gains in employment averaged 13,000 in July and August, compared to an average monthly increase of 51,000 during the first six months of the year, indicating the economic recovery might be slowing a bit.
While all of the new jobs in August were full time, part-time employment has grown by 4.1 per cent since July 2009, compared to full-time employment at 2.2 per cent.
