Compared with September 2017, employment was up 222,000 or 1.2%, entirely the result of gains in full-time work (+224,000). Over the same period, total hours worked increased 0.7%.

In the third quarter, employment grew by 66,000 (+0.4%), following little change in the first and second quarters.

Employment increased in Ontario and British Columbia while it was little changed in the remaining provinces.

More people worked in construction; finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing; public administration; and agriculture. At the same time, employment fell in information, culture and recreation; and business, building and other support services.

Employment increased for private sector employees while the number of public sector employees was little changed. The number of self-employed workers decreased.

Employment increased for the core age population (aged 25 to 54) and held steady for the other demographic groups.