Resources to support clients navigating long-term unemployment
Originally published in 2024 by Samar Ismail. Updated in August 2026 by Elia Yang. Long-term unemployment means searching for work continuously for 27 weeks or more. Statistics Canada reported that 22.5% of unemployed people were in this group in April 2026, still well above the average of 17.1% recorded from 2017 to 2019, before...













