But it’s important to note what kinds of jobs are seeing the most gains.\u00a0Full-time employment (which amounts to 75.1 per cent\u00a0of that total) grew more slowly than the city average, rising 2.8 per cent from 2018.<\/p>\n
Part time employment<\/strong>\u00a0(which amounts 24.9 per cent of the total)\u00a0rose by\u00a0four per cent<\/strong>\u00a0compared to last year.<\/p>\n “The 2018-2019 trend reflects a long term increase in the share of part-time employment in the city,” the city said in its report.<\/p>\n And though the number of jobs are rising, not every sector is seeing the same boost.\u00a0After seeing growth for the last two years, employment in the manufacturing and warehousing sector\u00a0declined by 920 jobs in 2019<\/strong>, which represents a 0.7 per cent drop.<\/p>\n The city noted closures like the Campbell’s Soup factory in Etobicoke, which previously contributed 500 manufacturing jobs, as part of the reason for that change.<\/p>\n While manufacturing took a hit, it was at least somewhat offset by gains in warehousing, which\u00a0grew by\u00a07.1 per cent\u00a0in the last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n The city found that is contributing to a demand for industrial space, which\u00a0is being driven by both e-commerce and food warehousing and distribution, as evidenced by the recent expansion or planned construction of distribution centres for Amazon and Canada Post in Scarborough, and Purolator and Metro in Etobicoke.<\/p>\n Office work continues to be the city’s largest employment driver with\u00a0753,420 jobs<\/strong>, making up 48.0 per cent of the city’s total.<\/p>\n There were\u00a023,470 office jobs added last year,<\/strong>\u00a0which is\u00a0half of all new jobs, and a jump of 3.2 per cent from 2018.<\/p>\n There was also growth in the public universities and colleges sector, which added\u00a0almost 7,800 jobs<\/strong>. The city says almost half of that increase was due to a return to full staffing numbers of teaching assistants at York University after the 2018 strike.<\/p>\n The rest of the growth in that sector came from expansion and increases in enrollment at a range of institutions, which the city says reflects a Canada-wide trend toward higher enrollment over the last decade.<\/p>\n CBC<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.5433596.1579549752!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.JPG_gen\/derivatives\/original_780\/toronto-employment.JPG\")
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