Although the number of full-time jobs rose by 28,000 in August, most were filled by youth and the gain wasn’t enough to move Canada’s unemployment rate below July’s 6.8%. Still, there has been a gain in employment of 1.5% or 234,000 jobs over the past 12 months, Statistics Canada reports.

Most of the employment gains were made by youth, who saw an increase of 20,000 full-time jobs partly offset by a loss of part-time positions. There was almost no change in the number of jobs filled by adults.

The construction industry showed strength in August, with 32,000 more jobs, mostly in Quebec and Alberta. Since the start of the year, the number of construction jobs has risen by 4.1%.

The business, building and support sectors also showed job growth, mostly in security services. There were also more jobs in trucking and in professional, scientific and technical services.

Farm employment fell and there were fewer jobs in the manufacturing, information, culture and recreation industries.

While manufacturing employment slipped marginally last month, cumulative job losses in the sector during the last 12 months total 108,000, or 4.7%. Ontario was hardest hit, losing 48,000 jobs during the year.