Natural resources sector add jobs in October: Statistics Canada
In the midst of Canada's bleak October job report, Statistics Canada reported one bright spot: that the resource sector added 12,000 jobs.
Canada, overall, lost 54,000 jobs in October pushing the unemployment rate up .2% to 7.3%.
Statistics Canada says that the bulk of the decline in occurred in manufacturing, followed by construction. However, natural resources employment has grown by 5.0% over the past 12 months. The service sector remained unchanged.