Economics
Canada Job Pain to Deepen With Losses Beyond Service Sector
- Female employment took a heavy blow when pandemic first hit
- Losses set to spread to male-dominated industries in April
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Women bore the brunt of early Covid-19 job losses in Canada but the playing field will likely level off after social distancing measures prompted nationwide layoffs.
More than 1 million Canadians lost their jobs in March, with the pain concentrated in the services sector and women disproportionately accounting for more than 60% of the losses. April numbers are due this week and economists are expecting the cuts to be even worse.