Private employers add 2,900 jobs in May: Report

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian employers added 2,900 workers to their payrolls in May, as gains in information, education, and leisure and hospitality offset losses in contruction and trade, according to a employment report from ADP.

"Job growth in Canada slowed in the month of May," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice-president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute.

"While construction and trade were detractors from the overall growth, we saw improved growth in information, education, and leisure and hospitality."

Industry snapshot:

- Goods producing:

• manufacturing     1,500
• construction     -4,700
• natural resources and mining     300

- Service providing:

• trade/transportation and utilities     -7,600
• information     2,700
• finance/real estate     -300
• professional/business services     1,600
  - professional/technical     -300
  - management of companies     300
  - administrative and support     1,700
• education and health care     3,100
  - educational services     3,700
  - health care     -600
• leisure and hospitality     4,000
• other services     2,200