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Labour Market Bulletin, First Quarter 2005
An Analysis of the Ottawa Area Labour Market
Human Resource Centre of Canada
An overview of the Ottawa area which is comprised of the amalgamated City of Ottawa ( formerly known as the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton), as well as the Townships of Russell, Cambridge, Clarence and South Gower, the Town of Rockland, and the Villageof Casselman.
Ottawa ’s labour market softened during the first quarter of 2005, with fewer full-time and more part-time work available. Fewer jobs led to a small increase in the unemployment rate, now at 6.4 %. Fewer people seeking work was reflected in a lower rate of participation in the labour force. With fewer jobs came an increase in the number of employment insurance claims.
Highlights:
- New home starts dropped to more balanced levels, easing up on the construction labour shortage.
- Manufacturing defied analyst’s predictions and grew by more than a thousand jobs.
- Professional Services grew by 11,100 jobs and gave another boost to IT employment. Job gains came from architectural, engineering and design services, computer system design services, and management, scientific and technical services.
- Doctor shortages are being addressed with an increase in licenses, higher medical school enrollment, and programs for foreign trained doctors.
- The federal public service trimmed another 6,800 jobs but remains Ottawa ’s largest employer.
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