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Data from the payroll employment survey indicates Canada added 17,000 jobs over the six-month period ending in February, not the 183,800 reported in the labour force survey.<\/span> Photo by Tom Bateman\/Postmedia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\nArticle content<\/h2>\n Canada\u2019s job market is less robust than the country\u2019s most closely watched employment indicator suggests.<\/p>\n
Data from the payroll employment survey \u2014 a census of all paid workers in Canada \u2014 indicates the country added a mere 17,000 jobs over the six-month period ending in February. That\u2019s a far cry from the 183,800 reported in the labour force survey, which polls households and is faster to publish results.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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