The Canadian economy shed 35 700 jobs in November to reverse a rise in temporary work likely generated by October's federal election.
Statistics Canada's monthly job-market survey says the number of public-administration jobs across all provinces fell by 32 500 in November to offset the October increase of 32 000 positions in the same category.
Historically, the federal agency's jobs report has detected similar, temporary spikes in employment during election and census
periods.
The drop in jobs helped nudge November's unemployment rate up one tenth of a percentage point to 7.1%
The November data found the overall number of part-time positions declined by 72 300, compared to the previous month, while full-time jobs climbed by 36 600.
Alberta saw its jobless rate jump to 7% from 6.6%, as 14 900 fewer people were working there between October and November - the biggest decline of any province.
In Niagara, our jobless rate increased slightly from 7.3 percent in October to 7.8 percent last month...
Windsor still has the highest rates of Ontario cities included in the survey coming in at 10 percent..Geulph has the lowest uenmployment rate at 4.2
Alberta's jobless rate jumped from 6.6 to 7.0 per cent as 14-thousand, 900 fewer people were part of the workforce -- the biggest decline of any province.