Statistics Canada released its average weekly earnings data of Canadian non-farm payroll employees on Thursday. Average weekly earnings of Canadian non-farm payroll employees increased 0.8% in August year-on-year.
Weekly earnings were C$947 in August
Employees in Canada worked an average 32.8 hours per week in August, down from 33.0 in the same month a year earlier.
Total non-farm employment declined by 58,600 month-on-month in August.