US EditionCanada Adds Just 8,800 Jobs, Unemployment Rises to 7%
- Statistics Canada reported that Canada added a modest 8,800 jobs in May 2025 while the unemployment rate rose to 7.0 percent nationwide.
- This weak job growth followed virtually no employment increase since January amid economic uncertainty caused partly by a tariff dispute with the United States.
- May saw gains of 58,000 full-time jobs offset by a loss of 49,000 part-time roles, with wholesale and retail trade adding 43,000 jobs but public administration losing 32,000.
- Approximately 20.1 percent of full-time students between the ages of 15 and 24 who were heading back to school were unemployed in May, representing the highest jobless rate for this group since 2016 outside the pandemic period.
- The weak labour market prompted the Bank of Canada to keep interest rates steady while closely monitoring employment data ahead of its July 30 decision.
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May data shows labour market struggling to keep up with population growth
Source: RawDespite a growing population and an expanding labour force, job creation has not kept pace, leaving 190,900 more Canadians unemployed.Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for May showed that Canada’s labour market continued to decline as national unemployment rose to 7.0 per cent — the highest level since 2016.Thanks for reading The Counter Signal! This post is public so feel free to share it.ShareCanada added 845,100 people to the…
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Employment change by industry, May 2025. (Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0355-01.) Canadian employment was little changed in May, with the economy adding just 8,800 workers overall, reports Statistics Canada in its most recent Labour Force Survey. Also flat was the employment rate, which held steady at 60.8 per cent. The unemployment rate was on the rise, however increasing 0.1 percentage points to seven per c…
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