Canada – Construction Jobs Up in 19 of Canada’s 33 Cities in September

Year-over-year employment in construction in Canada was -0.8% in September, according to Statistics Canada. Only rarely over the past decade has the number of construction jobs in this country been negative year-over-year – most notably during the depths of the recession in 2009.

For most of the past ten years, strong resource sector development has provided increasing levels of work in the construction trades. Almost all resource projects are located in remote locations – or at the least, outside city cores. Examples include oil and gas developments in Alberta and Newfoundland, aluminum smelter expansions in Quebec and B.C. and hydroelectric projects in Quebec and Manitoba. That’s why the story is a little different for construction workers within city boundaries…

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