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Construction led the way with a gain of 27,000 jobs last month, while the wholesale and retail trade sector lost 35,000 positions.

The youth unemployment rate, which is the rate of unemployment among Canadians aged 15 to 24, rose by half a percentage point to 14.3 per cent.

Despite having the lowest unemployment rate in Canada, just over 20 per cent of Saskatchewan's children are in poverty. Hannah Sangster looks into this.

A new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario found job creation slowed in 2025, with 80,900 jobs created last year.

Montreal-area home sales fell nearly seven per cent in May as higher unemployment and slower population growth weighed on demand despite rising inventory.

The update includes a new 'Team Canada Strong' program that seeks to recruit, train and hire tens of thousands of skilled trades workers to counter persistent youth unemployment.

Canadians earned higher hourly wages in March compared with the same time last year, with average hourly wages rising 4.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

The unemployment rate in British Columbia is now 6.7 per cent, which is the highest in a decade, except for the height of the COVID pandemic.

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

Tim Hortons says it intends to hire 10,000 'local' workers in the coming months as it expands operations and amid the Temporary Foreign Worker program scaling back.

A new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario said the number of people in work dropped by 71,300 between January and March, a decline of 0.8 per cent. 

The American job market has been recovering from a dismal 2025. Last year, the U.S. added fewer than 10,000 jobs a month, least outside a recession since 2002.

Larger businesses are more likely to use multiple recruitment methods compared to smaller firms, a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said.

Economists and some critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney have said that years of high immigration intake served to conceal the extent of Canada's economic troubles.

Canada's biggest private banks are reporting quarterly earnings this week, and the first three have signalled they are continuing to set aside money in case some loans default.

Several economists believe the Bank of Canada is more likely to raise borrowing rates in the coming months than provide a cut.

As the heightened cost of living weighs on Canadian households, some wedding planners and vendors say they've noticed a shift with their clients.

Prices are rising very quickly compared to historical norms, and for many in Saskatchewan, wages are not keeping pace.

Governor Tiff Macklem at the Bank of Canada said Wednesday that the economy is weak, but "not clearly in recession" after the central bank left interest rates unchanged.

The Stop Sisson Mine Coalition says the proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine will create environmental waste and degrade water quality.