Job Growth in Government Sector Outpaced Private Sector Since the Onset of COVID: Study

A storefront on Roncesvalles Avenue displays a "for lease" sign as part of a protest against the Ontario government's pandemic lockdown rules in Toronto on Nov. 24, 2020. Jody White/The Canadian Press

Jobs in the government sector grew at a rate much faster than in the private sector since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

The study released by the Fraser Institute found that the net job growth in the public sector outpaced the private sector by more than three times during the period from February 2020 to June 2023.