Canada’s economy is booming, as long as you ignore the actual data and upcoming revisions. Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows seasonally adjusted employment climbed by 75,000 jobs in July. The unseasoned reality was a little less savoury, showing a 6-digit decline in the same month, along with rising unemployment. The picture […]
Canadian employment beat market expectations last month, easing recession fears. Statistics Canada (StatCan) employment shows the country added jobs in June. The unemployment rate also fell to a multi-month low, but a look past the headline reveals a dimmer picture. Outside a recession, Canada has never seen annual employment growth this weak in June. Canadian […]
Canada just entered a technical recession, but it’s also apparently in the middle of a hiring boom? Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows a sharp climb in employment in May. In fact, it marks the third-most jobs added to employment outside of the pandemic recovery. That doesn’t quite jibe with the recession and […]
Canadians are suddenly facing one of the toughest job markets in months. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows the unemployment rate climbed to a 7-month high in April, but the real story is how the map is flipping. Traditional job engines like Ontario now rank among the worst in the country, while provinces long written off […]
Canada’s job market saw its footing slip last month. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows the unemployment rate hit a 7-month high in April. That’s unlikely to surprise those who anticipate layoffs as a result of the trade war. However, with a layoff rate consistent with the average in the 2010s, the data doesn’t fit the […]
Canadian employment wasn’t impressive last month, but it was the best Labour Force Survey (LFS) of 2026. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows minor job growth, with unemployment unchanged in March. The AI and trade war job cuts that everyone fears? It turns out employment is stabilizing, layoffs are lower than expected, and heck—wages are even […]
February may be the shortest month, but it punched above its weight when it came to job losses. Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows employment fell in February, concentrated entirely in full-time roles. The little growth over the past year has been public sector expansion, masking a stalling private sector. The result: unemployment is at recession […]
The Government of Canada is aggressively reducing its workforce, but it should consider the environment it helped create. It’s taking workers much longer to find a job, according to January data from Statistics Canada (StatCan)—which was also just directed to slash 1 in 10 of its own jobs. The share of workers now considered long-term […]
Canada hasn’t seen this many businesses planning to downsize in a decade, as they try to curb rising costs. That was the general takeaway from the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) latest Business Outlook Survey (BOS) for Q4 2025. Firms aren’t just bracing for a slowdown and hiring freeze, but the share of firms expecting staff […]
Out with the new, in with the old? Canada’s job market looked stable in December, but the details tell another story. Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) Labour Force Survey shows flat headline employment, but the composition is shifting fast. Older workers and publicly-funded, non-market sectors are seeing substantial gains. Meanwhile, youth and market-based private sector jobs are […]
