Canada Unemployment

• Will Canada skirt recession? Jobs numbers show ‘clear signs of a soft landing’

  Canada's jobs market returned to growth in August with a gain of 40,000 positions, but the unemployment rate held steady amid a growing population.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• ‘Next to impossible’: Kelowna company struggling to hire qualified workers

  The jobless rate in Kelowna is 4.4 per cent, one of the lowest in the country, according to a Statistics Canada report.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2021
  
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• Alberta follows national trend of lower unemployment, but not all Albertans still seeking work

  Alberta's oil and gas and tech sectors helped lead a drop in the provincial jobless rate in October.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2021
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• Canada adds 378K jobs in September, beating expectations

  Unemployment drops to 9 per cent.

  Money

  Oct 9, 2020
• Canada added 419K more jobs in July, racialized workers had higher jobless rate: StatsCan

  The unemployment rate fell to 10.9 per cent, down from 12.3 per cent in June.

  Economy

  Aug 7, 2020
• Coronavirus sees women’s participation in workforce hit 3-decade low: RBC

  RBC said women are being hardest hit because they tend to work in industries, such as hospitality and food services, most affected by layoffs.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2020
• Coronavirus pandemic hurt finances of young, BIPOC Canadians hardest: poll

  The poll, commissioned by TD Bank, was conducted online between April 20 and May 6 and talked to 936 Canadians.

  Money

  Jul 9, 2020
• Statistics Canada to collect information on race for jobs numbers

  The agency says it recognizes that the social, economic and labour market impacts of COVID-19 have not been equally felt by all Canadians.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2020
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• Coronavirus: How long will pandemic-related job losses last in Canada?

  That depends on a mix of economic, consumer behavior, public health and public policy factors, economists say.

  Economy

  May 8, 2020
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• Canada, U.S. differ on coronavirus reopening plans in face of historic unemployment

  As U.S. President Donald Trump leads a U.S. charge towards reopening shuttered businesses and easing stay-at-home orders, to the chagrin of nervous public health officials, Canada is taking a dramatically different go-slow approach.

  World

  May 8, 2020