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The Canadian economy kept adding jobs at a steady pace in June, in part because the youth summer job market got off to a great start, but economists say there are still concerns.

New figures released by Statistics Canada revealed Ontario lost 16,700 jobs in the past month, keeping its unemployment rate steady and above the national average.

Construction led the way with a gain of 27,000 jobs last month, while the wholesale and retail trade sector lost 35,000 positions.

Montreal-area home sales fell nearly seven per cent in May as higher unemployment and slower population growth weighed on demand despite rising inventory.

Despite having the lowest unemployment rate in Canada, just over 20 per cent of Saskatchewan's children are in poverty. Hannah Sangster looks into this.

The youth unemployment rate, which is the rate of unemployment among Canadians aged 15 to 24, rose by half a percentage point to 14.3 per cent.

A new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario found job creation slowed in 2025, with 80,900 jobs created last year.

The update includes a new 'Team Canada Strong' program that seeks to recruit, train and hire tens of thousands of skilled trades workers to counter persistent youth unemployment.

Just 62 per cent of Canadians believe Statistics Canada's data to be reliable, while 25 per cent do not believe the agency is free of political influence.

U.S. employers pulled back on hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

Canadians earned higher hourly wages in March compared with the same time last year, with average hourly wages rising 4.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

Governor Tiff Macklem at the Bank of Canada warned that interest rates may need to rise if the war in Iran leads to persistent inflation in Canada.

A new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario said the number of people in work dropped by 71,300 between January and March, a decline of 0.8 per cent. 

The Chief of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is demanding an apology from Premier Danielle Smith's office over comments a senior staffer made on social media disparaging the chiefs.

The unemployment rate in British Columbia is now 6.7 per cent, which is the highest in a decade, except for the height of the COVID pandemic.

The American job market has been recovering from a dismal 2025. Last year, the U.S. added fewer than 10,000 jobs a month, least outside a recession since 2002.

Economists and some critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney have said that years of high immigration intake served to conceal the extent of Canada's economic troubles.

Tim Hortons says it intends to hire 10,000 'local' workers in the coming months as it expands operations and amid the Temporary Foreign Worker program scaling back.

Several economists believe the Bank of Canada is more likely to raise borrowing rates in the coming months than provide a cut.

The executive director of Danielle Smith’s Calgary office says First Nations chiefs should fix their communities rather than have "the gall" to accuse the premier of treason.