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Just over a million Canadians are now juggling more than one job and work an average of 50 hours a week, according to a new Statistics Canada survey.

The number of people working multiple jobs has almost doubled since 1978, rising rapidly in the 1980s, then edging up to 5.7% of the Canadian workers in 2018, according to the report, titled Multiple Jobholders in Canada.

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Women, part-time workers and people in their 20s are more likely to hold multiple jobs, the report said.

“People engage in multiple jobholding for various reasons, such as out of financial necessity, to ensure continuous employment, or to accumulate skills and expertise in other occupations,” report said.

People who hold more than one job typically work in female-dominated sectors of health care and social assistance, and educational services, said the report.

While the Statistics Canada report does not offer insight into how these workers’ fare financially, a recent Bank of Canada survey found one third of Canadians chose to take up “informal work,” such as driving for a ride-sharing service, housecleaning and babysitting, as a result of weak economic conditions.

Logging 43 hours a month for $465 on average, these “gig” workers make less than the minimum wage, Blacklock’s Reporter reported.