Up 0.9% yr/yr (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Ottawa, 25 Apr - In February, the number of Canadian employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer decreased by 17,700, or 0.1%, month on month, following an increase of 35,700, or 0.2%, in January, according to Statistics Canada.

On a year-over-year basis, payroll employment was up by 154,700, or 0.9%, in February.

Meanwhile, job vacancies in Canada increased to 656,700 in February, up by 21,800, or 3.4%, from January, but were little changed from December 2023.

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