Unemployment

Saskatchewan saw its unemployment decrease to now lead the nation, while the country saw its jobless rate increase. According to the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey released, the province added 19,300 new jobs in October 2023 while also seeing its unemployment rate decrease to 4.4 per cent as of October 2023, marking the lowest […]

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent last month as job opportunities became less plentiful in an economy weighed down by high interest rates. Statistics Canada released its October labour force survey Friday, which showed the economy added a modest 18,000 jobs. The gain was not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising […]

The Canadian economy added more jobs than expected last month, but with the gains driven by a seasonal spike in education employment and an increase in part-time work, economists say the job market is weaker than it looks. Statistics Canada released its September labour force survey Friday morning, which shows employment rose by 64,000 jobs. The unemployment rate continued […]

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.4 per cent in June. That’s up from 5.2 per cent in May and the highest it’s been in over a year. It also marked the second month in a row the unemployment rate has risen. The federal agency says the increase came as the economy […]

Canada’s jobless rate ticked higher to 5.2 per cent in May, marking the first increase since August 2022 as economists have been watching for any sign of a softening labour market. Overall employment was little changed last month as the economy lost a modest 17,000 jobs, Statistics Canada reported Friday. “Today’s negative print ends a […]

Employment in Canada rose slightly last month after January’s jobs report raised eyebrows among economists anticipating a slowdown in the labour market this year. In its labour force survey Friday, Statistics Canada said the economy added 22,000 jobs in February, with employment up in the private sector. The federal agency said the country’s unemployment rate held steady at five […]

The Canadian labour market is showing no signs of slowing despite forecasters expecting high interest rates to weigh on jobs numbers. Statistics Canada’s latest labour force survey released Friday showed that the economy added a whopping 150,000 jobs in January. Meanwhile, more Canadians were working or looking for work as 153,000 people joined the labour force. Royce Mendes, Desjardins’ […]

Canada’s unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in August, ticking up for the first time in seven months. The economy lost 40,000 jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported in its latest labour force survey, with the losses concentrated in the public sector. The report says employment gains in professional, scientific and technical services were offset […]

The country returned to pre-pandemic employment levels in September, adding 157,000 jobs across Canada. According to Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent. The last time the country had an employment jump like this was June of this year when 231,000 jobs were added to the economy. In Saskatchewan, the province gained 11,500 […]

Saskatchewan continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. According to the job numbers released Friday morning by Stats Canada, the province added 8,700 more jobs in September, causing the jobless rate to go down to 6.8 percent. Federally, the unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent in Canada as the economy added 378,000 jobs. […]