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NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN SASKATCHEWAN HITS NEW JULY RECORD

Released on August 10, 2012

There were more people working in Saskatchewan in the month of July than ever before, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada today.

A total of 542,600 people were employed in July, an increase of 10,000 jobs compared to last July, setting a new all-time high for the month. This is on trend with the province's year over year employment numbers, which have reached record monthly highs for eight consecutive months.

The province also reached an all-time high for full-time employment in July, with the number of people working in full-time positions increasing by 9,600 to 462,100. This was a jump of 2.1 per cent over July 2011.

Saskatchewan's unemployment rate was the second lowest in the country at 5.0 per cent.

"These numbers are positive news for the province and an indicator of steady economic growth," Advanced Education Minister Don Morgan said on behalf of Economy Minister Bill Boyd. "We continue to see signs of why our province is the ideal place to live, work and invest, including our record-setting population growth, business confidence and an abundance of well-paying jobs for our workers."

Morgan commented on the monthly job report numbers at an event held at AMEC in Saskatoon. AMEC is a supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to the oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets around the world.

Other highlights of the survey included:

  • Saskatchewan's growth rate was up 1.9 per cent, the third highest among the provinces behind Alberta and Prince Edward Island. 
  • Seasonally adjusted employment in the province increased 0.1 per cent in July from the previous month. This was the fifth highest growth rate in the country.
  • Regina's year over year employment was up by 1.4 per cent to 1,700. 
  • Saskatoon's year over year employment was up 4.8 per cent to 6,800.

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For more information, contact:

Shanna Schulhauser
Economy
Regina
Phone: 306-787-5582
Email: shanna.schulhauser@enterprisesask.ca

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