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For many post-secondary students, the search for a job after graduation can be daunting — and the process is only getting more challenging.

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain, while the unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4 per cent.

There were three unemployed Canadians for every job vacancy in December, according to a report from Statistics Canada released Thursday.

Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent in January as fewer people were looking for a job compared with the month before, according to Statistics Canada.

Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment remained low.

Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent in December 2025 as the trade war and U.S. tariffs continued to impact the job market.

Those job losses were sharply lower than expected and the agency said more than 100,000 jobs were lost in full-time work, while private sector employment fell by 73,000 positions.

The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that hiring marked a rebound from the loss of 133,000 jobs in February. The job gains were about three times what economists had forecast.

In a statement announcing the 3.6% rate hold, the central bank said that the 'implications of developments in the Middle East for the U.S. economy are uncertain.'

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said the three-year agreement will help over 27,000 workers in Ontario, with a focus on industries that have been targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump

The federal government says it's funding a $15.6 million program to support workers and employers hit by tariffs in Saskatchewan.

Powell said there "wasn’t a lot" Fed policymakers could do since energy shocks “tend to come and go pretty quickly” and monetary maneuvers work over the longer-term.

While the economy is still expected to grow modestly, the firm's spring economic outlook now estimates 1.2 per cent growth in 2026, down from the 1.5 per cent estimated in January.

As the finance minister tabled the 2026 provincial budget on Thursday, he warned that geopolitical change has "reached our shores," requiring the province to spill more red ink. 

Premier Doug Ford said OSAP "is not a freebie anymore" and that "money doesn't grow on trees" as opposition to his student loan changes continues to bubble.

Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of Canadian adults aged 25 to 64 held a college or university credential, up from 55 per cent in 2015.

Jobs Minister Joseph Schow has introduced a bill that, if passed, will require businesses to register with the province before hiring foreign nationals through the federal program.

Canada's trade deficit with the world increased in January as the number of vehicles exported to international markets dropped more than 20 per cent, according to the latest data.

The poll, from Innovative Research Group, found that this budget was the most unpopular since former premier Gordon Campbell's budget in 2010.

Stocks fell sharply Thursday, and oil prices rose as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran.