Canadian Wage Gains Haven’t Been This Sluggish Since the 1990s
- Country added 19,400 jobs in March, triple median forecast
- Manufacturing makes comeback, with jobs up most since 2002
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The two-faced nature of Canada’s labor market was on full display as employers continued to hire but resisted raising wages.
Canada added 19,400 jobs in March, for an employment gain of 276,400 over the past 12 months, Statistics Canada said Friday from Ottawa. Yet, the pace of annual wage rate increases fell to 1.1 percent, the lowest since the 1990s.