The latest data on employment by metro area shows good news for Moncton. Comparing December 2010 to December 2011, total employment in the Moncton CMA is up nearly 5 percent – among the top quartile results in Canada – faster than Calgary, no less. Some of the big guns hard a tougher year – Toronto and Montreal are showing a drop in total employment year over year.
Employment Change by C.M.A. by seasonally adjusted 3 month moving average – December 2010 to December 2011
| Guelph |
15.4% |
| Peterborough |
10.0% |
| Trois-Rivières |
6.2% |
| Edmonton |
5.5% |
| Kingston |
5.4% |
| Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part |
5.3% |
| Moncton |
4.8% |
| St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador |
4.5% |
| Calgary |
4.4% |
| Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo |
4.2% |
| Hamilton |
3.8% |
| Halifax |
3.3% |
| Regina |
3.2% |
| Oshawa |
3.0% |
| Sherbrooke |
3.0% |
| Barrie |
2.6% |
| Vancouver |
2.6% |
| Saskatoon |
2.2% |
| St. Catharines – Niagara |
2.1% |
| Thunder Bay |
2.1% |
| Ottawa-Gatineau |
2.0% |
| Greater Sudbury |
1.6% |
| Abbotsford-Mission |
1.2% |
| Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part |
1.0% |
| Windsor |
1.0% |
| Winnipeg |
0.7% |
| Saguenay |
0.4% |
| London |
0.2% |
| Quebec |
-0.3% |
| Toronto |
-0.4% |
| Montreal |
-1.1% |
| Victoria |
-1.5% |
| Saint John, New Brunswick |
-3.0% |
| Kelowna |
-3.1% |
| Brantford |
-3.8% |
Great news but it hurts to see that -3.0% in Saint John. Hopefully that will turn around in 2012.
This stat is very misleading. Saint John has a lower unemployment rate than Moncton. This simply takes SJ at a time when it was record low and compares it to now when it is higher but still lower than the National average, lol.