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Canada Unemployment Rate Edges Up to 7% in May

Uncertainty prevails for business and households in Canada, and surveys indicate companies plan to scale back investment and have dropped hiring plans.

Financial Post on MSN · 4d

Canada's unemployment rate hits 7%, highest since 2016 outside the pandemic

Canada’s unemployment rate climbed to seven per cent in May, its highest level in over eight years excluding the pandemic, with the economy gaining 8,800 jobs. The unemployment rate has risen by 0.4 percentage points since February, as uncertainty brought on by U.S. tariffs has dampened hiring.

BNN Bloomberg · 4d

Canada’s unemployment rate in May at almost 9-year high outside pandemic years

Canada’s unemployment rate in May jumped to its highest level in almost nine years, excluding the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1.6 million jobless people in the country, data showed on Friday.

Wealth Professional1d

Labour market not in crisis for now, but rate cuts and better tariff outcome are needed

At BMO, Doug Porter said that the strength in private sector and full-time jobs kept the labour report to a “passing grade” ...

4don MSN

Canada’s jobless rate hits 7% — worst since 2016, and Mark Carney may be feeling the political heat already

Canada's unemployment rate reached 7%, the highest level since 2016, indicating increased difficulties for job seekers and ...

4don MSN

Windsor unemployment rate climbs to 10.8% in May

Windsor’s jobless rate is the second highest in Canada for the second month in a row, according to new data released Friday ...

Toronto Star2d

B.C.‘s youth unemployment rate second-highest in Canada with 16.6 per cent in May

VICTORIA - High school students walking across graduation stages this month will step into an uncertain job market as B.C. has the second-highest youth unemployment rate in Canada. Figures ...

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