Coronavirus Jobs

• Canadians will lose jobs amid COVID shutdowns, but may rebound ‘quickly’: employment minister

  New lockdowns and fresh COVID-19 restrictions are going to cause a dip in employment numbers, employment minister Carla Qualtrough said, despite a jump in job numbers in March.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2021
  
• Canadian economy added 259K jobs in February, blowing past estimates

  Economists were expecting Canada to add 75,000 jobs in February.

  Economy

  Mar 12, 2021
  
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• People who lost jobs in 2020 had wages below Canadian average, report says

  The biggest decline in work was among the country's very bottom wage earners, with an hourly wage under $13.91.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2021
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• Retail sales fell 3.4% in December, marking biggest decline since April

  Retail sales fell 3.4 per cent to $53.4 billion in December as sales fell in nine out of 11 subsectors amid COVID-19 restrictions.

  Economy

  Feb 19, 2021
• Young Canadians’ pocketbooks hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic: Ipsos poll

  As nearly one in ten Canadians report losing their job in the last year, an Ipsos poll found that one group is being hit in the pocketbook particularly hard: young adults.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2020
• Labour group pushes for feds to widen EI after coronavirus ends

  The Canadian Labour Congress is hoping the government widens planned changes to the employment insurance system to provide jobless benefits to any worker in the country even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2020
• U.S. job growth slows to 1.4 million in August as government assistance runs out

  Unemployment drops to 8.4% but US job growth slowed to 1.4 million in August under pressure from pandemic.

  World

  Sep 4, 2020
• Canada adds 950K jobs in June, unemployment falls amid coronavirus pandemic

  Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic moved to reopen.

  Economy

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Many British Columbians’ finances, debt worsening under COVID-19: poll

  Almost four in 10 British Columbians said their finances had worsened during the pandemic, while about a quarter said they'd taken on more debt.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2020
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• U.S. unemployment rate falls to 13.3% in May

  News that the U.S. economy added a surprising 2.5 million jobs last month is evidence that the employment collapse due to COVID-19 most likely bottomed out in April.

  Economy

  Jun 5, 2020