Canadian employers may be doing better than expected, but they aren’t showing much enthusiasm. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data show national job vacancies slipped in November, but it was far from a national trend. Five provinces showed monthly growth, with Saskatchewan and Alberta actually showing a substantial jump in hiring. The drag was primarily in BC […]
Canada’s job-shortage narrative is disappearing almost as fast as it was introduced. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows job vacancies plunged again in Q3 2025, hitting the lowest level in nearly 8 years—even as the population added millions. The shift puts employers back in control, already chipping away at the rapid wage growth reported in recent […]
Canada’s job market oversold and underdelivered. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data contained a special Labour Force Survey (LFS) supplement examining labour market efficiency in September. The data reveals a huge mismatch—1 in 6 Canadians aren’t working in their field of post-secondary training, and a fifth are overqualified for the work they found. The problem is even […]
Remember when Canada announced it would establish a Minister of Middle Class Prosperity, only to eliminate the role a few months later? It perfectly foreshadowed the roller coaster the Middle Class is on, according to the latest data on income inequality. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data released today shows the disposable income gap between Canada’s […]
