Saskatchewan added about 11,000 new full-time jobs in 2018, according to new figures from Statistics Canada. "We're seeing a large uptick in employment over 2017 — 2017 was nowhere near that good." Statistics Canada says much of the bump came from the province's agricultural sector. Childs suspects increasing specialization in that sector, in areas including crop seeding and crop spraying, played a hand in the uptick. The unemployed counted by Statistics Canada include people who are looking for a job.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2019 22:18 UTC