Labour Force Survey - July 2008
Canada experienced its largest month to month drop in employment in 17 years in July, losing 55,000 jobs (see NATIONAL TRENDS). The US also lost 51,000 jobs in July. In BC however the job market was stable, with a tiny gain of 3,000 jobs resulting from a gain of nearly 19,000 full-time jobs and a decline of 16,000 part-time jobs. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - June 2008
Neither the employment nor the unemployment rate changed at all between May and June in B.C. Since employment moved up 4,000 while job seekers increased by 2,000, there were no changes in these percentage rates because the changes in either category were so small. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - May 2008
From April to May BC lost 9,000 full-time jobs, while a small gain in part-time jobs reduced the overall loss slightly to 7,000. The important losses were in trade (13,500), transportation (7,000) and agriculture (6,000). [ go]

Labour Force Survey - April 2008
There was little change in the overall labour market situation in BC last month. The province added 6,400 jobs, which was enough to cover off the increase in labour force. The end result was an unchanged unemployment rate (4.3%). [ go]

Labour Force Survey - March 2008
BC gained 15,000 jobs in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, an increase of 0.6% in just one month. Over half the employment gain was in full-time work, and was split between private sector jobs and self-employment; public sector employment took a small loss. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - February 2008
There was little change in the overall labour market situation in BC last month. Employment and labour force showed little change, so the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - January 2008
BC's labour market gained 13,800 jobs last month, all full-time employees. With labour force growth slightly below the gain in jobs, the number of unemployed fell, resulting in the province's unemployment dropping to 4.1%. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - December 2007
Last month, BC labour market saw a loss of 7,000 jobs. The labour force, however, shrank by the same amount, so the number of unemployed remained unchanged at 100,000. As a result, the province's unemployment also remained unchanged at 4.2%. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - November 2007
BC's economy created 25,800 new jobs last month, more than sufficient to absorb the additional 22,400 entrants to the labour force. The result: BC's participation rate is now 66.7% - the highest rate since March 1995; the "employment rate" hit an all-time high of 63.9% (639 jobs per 1,000 population); and the unemployment fell to 4.2%. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - October 2007
BC gained 6,000 jobs in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, a small change of 0.3% from September. Full-time employment went down somewhat and part-time employment increased. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - September 2007
BC's unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in September from 4.0% in August 2007. This happened because BC saw an addition of 9,700 to its labour force but no increase in employment. [ go]

Labour Force Survey - August 2007
BC gained 8,000 jobs in August over July, a gain of just under half a percent. All the increase was in full-time work. The employment and unemployment rates were practically unchanged at 63.3% and 4.0%, and can be compared to rates of 63.4% and 6.0% across Canada. [ go]