Employment rose by 15,000 jobs in B.C. in August, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.3 percentage points to 6.7%, according to Statistics Canada.
This came in sharp contrast to the 15,000 decrease in jobs seen in July.
Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 2.3% in the province, well above the national growth rate of 1.0%.
After a nationwide decline in July, employment rose by 34,000 in August, the result of an increase in part-time work. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.3%.
Nationally, in August, there was added employment in: transportation and warehousing; professional, scientific and technical services; business, building services and other support services; and natural resources.
At the same time, there were fewer people employed in construction, information, culture and recreation.
