• Prior month 4.31% revised to 4.06%
  • Canada average weekly earnings for April 4.43% vs 4.31% last month

  • Average weekly earnings:

    • Up 0.8% month-over-month in April to $1,297

    • Up 4.43% year-over-year, following a 4.06% increase in March

    • Growth reflects changes in wages, employment composition, hours worked, and base-year effects

  • Average weekly hours:

    • Held steady at 33.5 hours

    • Little change month-over-month and year-over-year

Details of the report on employment shows:

  • Payroll employment declined in 9 of 20 sectors in April:

    • Manufacturing: -7,300 (-0.5%)

    • Accommodation and food services: -5,800 (-0.4%)

    • Retail trade: -5,000 (-0.3%)

    • Administrative/support, waste management, remediation: -4,700 (-0.6%)

  • Payroll gains occurred in:

    • Health care and social assistance: +10,800 (+0.4%)

    • Public administration: +6,200 (+0.5%)

    • Educational services: +5,200 (+0.4%)

  • Eight remaining sectors saw little change.

  • Job vacancies:

    • Fell by 16,800 (-3.2%) to 501,300 in April

    • Down 91,400 (-15.4%) year-over-year

    • Decline follows nine months of little change

other highlights:

  • Payroll employment in the manufacturing sector decreased by 7,300 (-0.5%) in April, following little change in March and a decline of 5,900 (-0.4%) in February. Payroll employment in manufacturing was down by 13,500 (-0.9%) in the period from January to April.
  • Payroll employment in accommodation and food services (-5,800; -0.4%) decreased in April, contributing to a cumulative decline of 15,000 (-1.2%) since January 2025.
  • Payroll employment in retail trade decreased by 5,000 (-0.3%) in April, following declines in February and March. Since February, payroll employment in retail trade has fallen by 20,300 (-1.0%).
    • Monthly declines in April were recorded in eight out of nine subsectors, led by building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (-1,800; -1.3%); clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers (-1,000; -0.5%) and general merchandise retailers (-1,000; -0.4%).
  • Payroll employment in health care and social assistance increased by 10,800 (+0.4%) in April, more than offsetting the decrease recorded in March (-5,100; -0.2%).
  • Payroll employment in public administration rose by 6,200 (+0.5%) in April, following three consecutive months of little change. The gains in April were led by local, municipal and regional public administration (+2,800; +0.6%).
Source: Forex Live