COVID-19 pandemic.The Institut de la statistique du Québec said this is a drop of about 10 per cent in the total volume of employment, which amounted, on average from March to June of last year, to about 4.33 million jobs.From March to June 2020, just over 365,000 jobs were lost in the service industry.
The institute estimates that the accommodation and food services industry has seen a decline of nearly 100,000 jobs, while in wholesale and retail trade, the loss of jobs would be around 75,000.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The manufacturing industry is estimated to have suffered a loss of nearly 50,000 jobs.