Quebec loses 49,000 jobs in September

Jobs lost in Quebec, January to September

130,000 jobs

Employment in Quebec has fallen by 130,000 since January, a 2.8 per cent drop, according to Statistics Canada. The new Parti Québécois minority government inherits that labour market.

Across Canada, 63,000 jobs were lost in September, after a drop of 41,700 in August.

Biggest drops in Quebec employment

1. 1 Agriculture: down 16.5 per cent
2. 2 Finance, insurance and real estate: down 7.7 per cent
3. 3 Educational services: down 7 per cent

Agriculture had the steepest drop in employment in Quebec, followed by finance, insurance and real estate, then educational services.

Quebec unemployment rate, September

6 %

Quebec's unemployment rate rose to six per cent in September. Montreal's reached 7.1 per cent, and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine's 11.2 per cent.