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The number of people working in Canada edged lower in October following two months of big gains as the manufacturing and construction sectors lost jobs. Statistics Canada said Friday the...

A new study is offering what it calls a rare look at the health and psychological impacts endured by Canadian youth who are not working, training or studying. The Statistics Canada research said 11.1 per cent of youth, aged 18 to 29...

Even with the strongest labour market in half a century, getting work after losing it can still be a challenge....

We continue to be in a job seeker’s market in Canada and employers are still struggling to fill roles, many positions remaining open for more than 60 days. Indeed’s data...

The economy added 53,700 jobs last month, following a gain of 81,100 in August. Canada has now added 358,100 jobs since December, the most in the first nine months of...

Canada's economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new positions, the bulk of which were part time, in the services sector and picked up by young people....

Canada lost 24,200 jobs last month and its unemployment rate moved up to 5.7 per cent to give the economy its weakest three-month stretch of job creation since early 2018....

The problem is that the unemployment rate is an insufficient statistic, despite all the attention it gets. Sure, it tabulates the number of men and women who are actively job-hunting....

Now researchers say they have found a positive impact on mental health on moving from unemployment to a paid job, and that this boost is gained from working up to...

For generations, Canadians have relied on the unemployment rate to tell them how their economy is doing. Today, however, a variety of demographic and economic factors have conspired to undermine...