According to Statistics Canada, more than one in five nurses worked paid overtime hours in July, the highest level since comparable data became available in 1997.įor comparison, about 10 per cent of all other employees worked overtime in July.Īs Canada faced the seventh wave of COVID-19 infections, 11.2 per cent of nurses were off sick for at least part of the week when the labour force survey was conducted. The Statistics Canada report also looked at the ongoing healthcare worker shortage, with a focus on nurses. The pace of wage growth also held steady compared with June, with average hourly wages rising 5.2 per cent year over year. The labour participation rate for Canadians between the ages of 25 and 54 is relatively unchanged from where it was pre-pandemic. “With some of those sectors reporting high vacancy rates, labour supply rather than demand appears to be the main issue,” Grantham said. Statistics Canada says despite the labour shortage, there is no evidence of a rise in the proportion of people leaving or switching jobs.ĬIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham noted that the job losses in July were concentrated in the services sector, including wholesale and retail, education and health in a note on Friday morning. The unemployment rate is the lowest on record with comparable data going back to 1976. Canada’s labour market remains exceptionally tight, with over one million job vacancies across the country.
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