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Educational services had the strongest employment growth in Canada last year, new Statistics Canada figures reveal.
Jobs in education were up by 89,000 across the country, up by 8.4% in 2005. The increase was spread across a number of provinces.
The strength in construction employment observed over the past few years continued in 2005 with an increase of 57,000 jobs (+5.7%). Added employment in the industry coincides with more non-residential building construction.
In 2005, employment also increased in business, building and other support services (+5.0%), professional, scientific and technical services (+4.7%), and natural resources (+3.7%).
There was also growth in Canada's largest industry, retail and wholesale trade (+3.5%). By the end of the year, an additional 88,000 people were working in this industry.
For the third year in a row, the manufacturing sector turned in a lacklustre performance with employment down 4.4% (-100,000) in 2005.
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