2 8 , 3 0 0 ▁jobs ▁lost ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 4 3 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 1 7 , 9 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 1 0 9 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 6 , 6 0 0 ▁jobs ▁lost ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 4 7 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁- ▁ 2 2 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁created ▁ ▁( 1 ) ▁ 3 7 , 0 0 0 ▁jobs ▁are ▁gained ▁in ▁the ▁self - emp loyment ▁category ▁ ▁While ▁job ▁creation ▁has ▁increased ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁three ▁months , ▁most ▁Canad ians ▁still ▁comp lain ▁about ▁people ▁getting ▁laid ▁off ▁from ▁work . ▁However , ▁a ▁growing ▁amount ▁of ▁these ▁lay offs ▁are ▁considered ▁for ▁season al ▁purposes ▁and ▁has ▁little ▁or ▁no ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁re cess ion . ▁Ex cluding ▁St el co ▁employees , ▁most ▁laid ▁off ▁workers ▁have ▁six ▁months ▁to ▁ac quire ▁a ▁job ▁while ▁collect ing ▁[ un emp loyment ▁benefits