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Canada Employment Change
Last Release
Jun 30, 2025
Actual
83.1
Units In
Thousand
Previous
8.8
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Aug 08, 2025
Time to Release
26 Days 11 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
952.9 Jun 2020 | -1,993.8 Apr 2020 | 19.02 Thousand | 1976-2025 | Statistics Canada |
In Canada, employment change refers to the change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment.
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Canada’s employment rose by 83,100 in June 2025, following a 8,800 increase in May and overshooting market estimates of no change. Employment growth was driven mainly by part-time work (+69,500), with a smaller increase in full-time jobs (+13,500). Employment rose in wholesale and retail trade (+34,000; +1.1%) and in health care and social assistance (+17,000; +0.6%). In contrast, agriculture saw a decline (-6,000; -2.6%), while employment in other industries remained largely unchanged. By province, gains were seen in Alberta (+30,000; +1.2%), Quebec (+23,000; +0.5%), Ontario (+21,000; +0.3%), and Manitoba (+8,500; +1.2%). Newfoundland and Labrador (-3,500; -1.4%) and Nova Scotia (-3,400; -0.6%) posted declines.
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