Canada’s annual job growth barely above zero in June, payroll survey shows

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Excluding health care and public administration, Canada’s job market has been shrinking since last August.

Canada’s job market is flatlining as the trade war takes its toll, with payroll employment growing by only 0.2 per cent annually in June, according to Statistics Canada.

In fact, payroll employment peaked in January on a seasonally adjusted basis and has yet to reclaim that high. And if just two leading sectors, health care and public administration, are excluded, Canada’s job market has been outright shrinking since last August.

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