Labour Force Survey

• Unemployment rate climbed to 6.8% in December, StatCan says

  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.

  Economy

  Jan 9
  
• Jump in unemployment rate puts Bank of Canada in a ‘tricky spot’. Here’s why

  Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate hit 6.1 per cent in March amid a loss of 2,200 jobs and a rapidly growing labour pool.

  Economy

  Apr 5, 2024
  
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• Job seekers could soon face an ’employer’s market’ as unemployment rate rises

  Canada's unemployment rate ticked back up to 5.8 per cent in February as population growth continues to outpace job creation in the country.

  Economy

  Mar 8, 2024
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• Canada adds an unexpected 37K jobs in January. Will rate cuts be delayed?

  The gains, which were above some analyst expectations, were mostly driven by part-time work, and were well above the 10,000 jobs RBC predicted Canadian employers would add.

  Economy

  Feb 9, 2024
• Self-employment hasn’t recovered from pandemic shock. Why the ‘hangover’ persists

  Canada's labour force saw its biggest drop in self-employment since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic last month. Here's why that matters.

  Economy

  Jun 17, 2023
• B.C. employment down 14,000 in November; 1 of 5 provinces to see decline

  British Columbia's employment decrease of 0.5 per cent was driven by losses in part-time work, according to Statistics Canada's labour force survey.

  Economy

  Dec 2, 2022
• COVID, remote work resulted in fewer Canadians commuting last year: StatCan

  Statistics Canada says the pandemic altered commuting patterns for workers with fewer people driving, taking transit or walking and bicycling in 2021 than in 2016.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
• Could robots take your job? How automation is changing the future of work

  Automation is increasingly looking like a viable alternative in some fields amid a tight labour market. But what jobs could benefit from a robotic hand, and which are at risk?

  Economy

  Aug 5, 2022
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• Canada shed jobs for 2nd straight month in July, unemployment rate unchanged

  Canada's unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 per cent in July, as the country shed some 31,000 jobs in the month, according to Statistics Canada.

  Economy

  Aug 5, 2022
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• B.C. unemployment decreases to 4.6% halfway through 2022

  The survey shows unemployment rose 6.2 per cent in Vancouver over the past month, compared to less than half a per cent in Toronto.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2022