Labour Force Survey

Labour Force Survey: Employment in Canada held steady in February 2023

According to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey, employment in Canada stayed relatively the same (+22,000; +0.1%), following two monthly increases in December 2022 and January 2023. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0%, which is just shy of the record-low 4.9% that was seen in the […]

By Julia Hornstein

December 2022 Labour Force Survey: Employment across Canada rises by over 100,000 to wrap up the year

According to the latest Labour Force Survey (December 2022) released by Statistics Canada, employment in Canada rose 0.5 percentage points over the month (+104,000 jobs), as the national unemployment rate dropped to 5.0% (-0.1% month-over-month).

By Vimal Sivakumar

Canadian employment up by 10,000 jobs in November 2022: Labour Force Survey

According to the latest Labour Force Survey (November 2022) released by Statistics Canada, women between 25 and 54 years of age (considered to be of core working age) experienced a rise in employment of 0.4%.

By Vimal Sivakumar

Statistics Canada data shows that immigrants have a high rate of employment

Statistics Canada has released the Labour Force Survey data for October 2022. Overall, the rate of unemployment has recovered from increases over May-September but is still consistent with September at 5.2%.

By Edana Robitaille

Employment rises as Canada’s labour force shrinks slightly

The national unemployment rate fell by 0.2% to 5.2% in September. Statistics Canada’s September Labour Force Survey revealed positive trends in the labour market around employment, while concerns loomed in the background regarding an aging population and ever-increasing retiree exits from the workforce.

By Asheesh Moosapeta

IRCC’s #ImmigrationMatters campaign highlights the benefits of immigration

Since 2018 Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been running its immigration matters campaign as part of IRCC’s efforts to raise awareness of the benefits of immigration about all the ways immigration enriches Canada.

By Edana Robitaille

Unemployment rate among immigrants is the lowest of any August on record

Statistics Canada has released its Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the month of August 2022.

By Asheesh Moosapeta

Canada continues to have very low unemployment rate

Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.9% in July, matching the record low from the month before.

By Shelby Thevenot

Canada’s unemployment rate drops below 5%, the lowest in Canadian history

June’s Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada shows Canada’s labour market is still tightening, making it difficult for Canadian employers to find workers.

By Shelby Thevenot