Canada Unemployment
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‘Next to impossible’: Kelowna company struggling to hire qualified workersThe jobless rate in Kelowna is 4.4 per cent, one of the lowest in the country, according to a Statistics Canada report.CanadaNov 6, 2021
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Alberta follows national trend of lower unemployment, but not all Albertans still seeking workAlberta's oil and gas and tech sectors helped lead a drop in the provincial jobless rate in October.CanadaNov 5, 2021
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Canada adds 378K jobs in September, beating expectationsUnemployment drops to 9 per cent.MoneyOct 9, 2020
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Canada added 419K more jobs in July, racialized workers had higher jobless rate: StatsCanThe unemployment rate fell to 10.9 per cent, down from 12.3 per cent in June.EconomyAug 7, 2020
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Coronavirus sees women’s participation in workforce hit 3-decade low: RBCRBC said women are being hardest hit because they tend to work in industries, such as hospitality and food services, most affected by layoffs.CanadaJul 16, 2020
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Coronavirus pandemic hurt finances of young, BIPOC Canadians hardest: pollThe poll, commissioned by TD Bank, was conducted online between April 20 and May 6 and talked to 936 Canadians.MoneyJul 9, 2020
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Statistics Canada to collect information on race for jobs numbersThe agency says it recognizes that the social, economic and labour market impacts of COVID-19 have not been equally felt by all Canadians.CanadaJun 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.EconomyMay 8, 2020
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Canada, U.S. differ on coronavirus reopening plans in face of historic unemploymentAs 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.WorldMay 8, 2020
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Canada shed 2 million jobs in April amid COVID-19: StatCanTotal losses since the pandemic-driven lockdown began have reached three million, the agency said.MoneyMay 8, 2020
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