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May data shows labour market struggling to keep up with population growth

Despite a growing population and an expanding labour force, job creation has not kept pace, leaving 190,900 more Canadians unemployed.

Walid Tamtam, True North
Jun 06, 2025
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Despite 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.

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