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OTTAWA, -- The average Canadian non-farm employee weekly pay rose marginally on a monthly basis to $876.53 in March, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Thursday.
The monthly increase was 0.5 percent while on a year-over basis, it was up 4.1 percent, the agency said.
"Average weekly hours worked amounted to 33 hours in March, unchanged over the past nine months," StatsCan said. "Compared with March 2010, the average workweek was up 0.3 percent."
Growth in weekly earnings was above the national average in five of the 10 largest industrial sectors, led by wholesale trade and manufacturing while the slowest growth in earnings was in educational services, the report said.
In March, non-farm payroll employment increased by 21,400 positions compared with February.
The fastest annual employment growth was in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, which rose 15.2 percent, or 27,400 payroll positions, driven largely by activity in Alberta, the agency said.
The monthly increase was 0.5 percent while on a year-over basis, it was up 4.1 percent, the agency said.
"Average weekly hours worked amounted to 33 hours in March, unchanged over the past nine months," StatsCan said. "Compared with March 2010, the average workweek was up 0.3 percent."
Growth in weekly earnings was above the national average in five of the 10 largest industrial sectors, led by wholesale trade and manufacturing while the slowest growth in earnings was in educational services, the report said.
In March, non-farm payroll employment increased by 21,400 positions compared with February.
The fastest annual employment growth was in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, which rose 15.2 percent, or 27,400 payroll positions, driven largely by activity in Alberta, the agency said.
