Workforce Statistics

Canadian workers gained 20% more purchasing power from 1981 to 2024 after accounting for inflation, with full-time employees experiencing significantly stronger growth …

By Wolfgang Depner High school students walking across graduation stages this month will step into an uncertain job market as B.C. has the …

By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President …

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 7.0% in May, marking the highest level since September 2016 and signaling continued challenges for job seekers …

Canadian business productivity growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2025, rising just 0.2% compared to 1.2% growth in the previous …

More than half of Canadian and American companies are using or plan to use “quiet firing” tactics this year to push employees …

More than one-third of Generation Z college graduates are now working in or pursuing blue-collar and skilled trade jobs, according to new …

Canada’s environmental and clean technology sector employed 354,257 workers in 2023, up 4.3% from the previous year, but women in the industry …

A new Statistics Canada study shows COVID-19 significantly altered self-employment patterns in Canada, with more workers abandoning entrepreneurship than entering it during …

The gap between Canadian and American unemployment rates continues to expand, with Canada’s jobless rate now sitting 1.6 percentage points higher than …