April's loss means Canada has shed jobs in three of the fourth months so far this year, making for 112,000 jobs lost since January. The Statistics Canada data released on Friday indicates a continued ...

OTTAWA—Canada’s jobless rate fell sharply in November as hiring for a third month running blew past expectations, defying worries there would be widespread layoffs in response to the U.S. tariffs that ...

The labour market for young workers in B.C. has cratered in the past seven years, a new report from the Business Council of B ...

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to a six-month high in April to 6.9% as the economy lost a net 17,700 jobs, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, indicating continued weakness in a labor market ...

Bank of Canada reports long-term unemployment hit 25.4% in January 2026, the highest since 1997 outside pandemic years, as ...

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, May 8 (Reuters) - Canada's unemployment rate rose to a six-month high in April to 6.9% as the economy lost a net 17,700 jobs, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, ...

Economists had expected employment to pick up moderately in April and the unemployment rate to trend lower or hold steady. Claire Fan, senior economist for Royal Bank of Canada Ca ...

The Bank of Canada is warning that the country’s labour market is undergoing a structural change, creating a “low-hire, ...

OTTAWA--Canada saw another month of unexpectedly strong hiring in October, pulling the jobless rate down for the first time in four months and offering an early hint the struggling economy is ...

OTTAWA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Canada's unemployment rate once again defied expectations and fell to a 16-month low in November as a solid gain in part-time jobs boosted the number of people employed for ...

OTTAWA--Unemployment in Canada held steady in March as hiring recovered modestly following the sharp decline in employment to start the year Statistics Canada reported Friday that Canada's economy ...