Unemployment hits 15-year high in Ontario
By Madhavi Acharya, Tom Yew, Rita Trichur
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Sat, Jun 6 2009
Overall, Ontario was walloped by a net loss of 60,000 positions, bringing the province´s running tally of employment losses to 234,000 since the labour market peaked last October.
Employment insurance numbers jumped 10% in March
By CBC News
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Tue, May 26 2009
The number of Canadians collecting regular employment insurance benefits grew by 65,300, or more than 10 per cent, in March, marking the biggest monthly increase since the job market began to deteriorate in October.
Rising Gas Prices Guzzle Take-Home Pay
By Maura Pallera, Salary.com
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Thu, Aug 14 2008
This summer, Americans were paying, on average, $4.09 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline to fuel the vehicles they rely on to get to and from work everyday. This represents an increase of $1.14 over the same time last year.
Immigrant employment rising, StatsCan report says
By Eric Beauchesne, Canwest News Service
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Wed, May 14 2008
OTTAWA - Immigrant employment, seen as a way to offset projected labour shortages, increased sharply last year in Canada, easily outpacing that of native-born workers, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.
Daughters of immigrants prosper, while sons struggle
By Tralee Pearce
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Tue, Oct 30 2007
Young women with immigrant parents earn more money than their counterparts who have Canadian-born parents, according to a new study released yesterday by Statistics Canada.
Jobs, dollar, wages - Canada surges forward
By Tavia Grant
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Sat, Oct 6 2007
Jobless rate falls to 33-year low of 5.9 per cent as economy remains unfazed by credit woes or U.S. slowdown
Immigrant unemployment rates remain high
By Shannon Proudfoot, CanWest News Service
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Mon, Sep 10 2007
It can be hard for newcomers to get a foot in the door with Canadian employers but it becomes easier with time, a new report shows.
Unemployment rate at 6% in July -- lowest since 1974
Mon, Aug 13 2007
Canadian employment was little changed in July, reports Statistics Canada in its latest Labour Force Survey, leaving growth so far in 2007 at 1.3%...
Reports say Canada to keep firing on all cylinders
By Simon Tuck
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Tue, Apr 17 2007
The Canadian economy will continue to defy pessimists in the coming months by cranking out thousands of new jobs and increased investment, two new reports suggest.
Canada dollar soars on job gains; bonds pull back
By Lynne Olver
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Sat, Apr 7 2007
The Canadian dollar jumped against the greenback on Thursday, reaching a 3-1/2 month high, after a surprisingly powerful March employment report suggested to some that the Bank of Canada will eventually hike interest rates.
Boom beyond the ´burbs
By Francine Kopun
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Wed, Mar 14 2007
Don´t let those condo towers going up across Toronto fool you - the wave of immigrants driving population growth in Canada is flowing through the Big Smoke to settle in the surrounding suburbs and cities, according to the 2006 Census.
"Blazing" Canadian economy churns out 88,900 jobs
By CBC News
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Fri, Feb 9 2007
The Canadian economy added far more jobs than expected in January, with Alberta and British Columbia leading the employment surge.
The coming green industrial revolution
By David Crane
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Mon, Feb 5 2007
Liberal leader Stéphane Dion argues that by becoming a leading green nation, Canada will also be a more prosperous nation.
Canada boosts intelligence
By CP
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Sun, Feb 4 2007
As universities struggle to meet the growing post-9-11 demand for courses in security and intelligence, Canada's spy agency has revved up recruiting efforts.
Labour shortage does not benefit everybody
By Karen Blotnicky
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Sun, Feb 4 2007
MUCH OF THE HYPE surrounding the labour shortage in Canada today creates skepticism in business owners and job seekers. While the labour shortage may exist, it doesn't impact all workers, or employers, equally.
Filipinos lose money on missing Canadian jobs
By Kathy Tomlinson, CTV News
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Thu, Feb 1 2007
Virgilio Cabillan has a dream -- to help his countrymen retrieve thousands of dollars they paid to a Toronto lawyer, for jobs that didn''t materialize.
Landing that elusive job in B.C.
By Michael Scott, Vancouver Sun
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Wed, Jan 31 2007
When Polly Nahar arrived in Canada in the summer of 2002, she knew she would have to prove her professional expertise.
2006 employment growth of 2.1% highest since 2002
Mon, Jan 8 2007
Employment in Canada increased by an estimated 62,000 in December 2006, pushing the unemployment rate back down to the 30-year low of 6.1%.
High cost of child care
By Marina Jimenez, The Globe and Mail
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Wed, Jan 3 2007
Some Chinese immigrants send kids to China to be raised by grandparents, social workers say.
Federal-Provincial Training Agreement Strengthens Economic Growth
Tue, Jan 2 2007
TORONTO, Jan. 2 /CNW/ - Almost one million Ontario workers and businesses will benefit from close to $1 billion in training and employment services through Employment Ontario as a result of the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Development Agreement.
Poor need more jobs, province is told
By Tom Fletcher, Black Press
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Fri, Dec 29 2006
VICTORIA The B.C. government should index welfare payments to inflation to help improve its dismal standing as a rich province with too many poor people, according to a Queens University professor who has studied the problem.
Canadians getting wealthier ... and more in debt
Thu, Dec 7 2006
Canadian families dramatically increased their wealth in the last six years, but saw their debts rise too, according to a major study released Thursday.
Jobless rate falls to a rare low of 6.7%
By Sandra Cordon
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Sat, Jul 9 2005
Canada's jobless rate dipped to a rare low of 6.7 per cent in June, suggesting the economy is growing at a quick enough clip to warrant higher interest rates by fall.
Small-business confidence solid; hiring plans strongest since 2002: CFIB
By Canadian Press
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Wed, Mar 30 2005
The confidence of Canadian small-business proprietors has risen for the third straight quarter and their hiring plans are the highest in three years, a survey released Wednesday suggests.
Canadian high-tech sector shows signs of growth
By Jack Kapica
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Fri, Mar 4 2005
The Canadian information and communications technology sector still shows signs of dynamism, despite the roller-coaster rise through the boom-and-bust years 1997 to 2003.
Software skills overtake hardware on top salary list
By Neil Sutton
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Tue, Dec 7 2004
Canadian hiring practices are creating a super-breed of well-paid senior tech workers, according to a report. But is there room for the next generation?
Canada's Celestica cutting 5,000 jobs
Fri, Apr 23 2004
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Celestica Inc. says it will slash its worldwide work force by about 13 percent, or 5,000 people, over the next year.
Canadian offshore IT outsourcing trend looming, PwC says
By Chris Talbot
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Thu, Apr 22 2004
A new whitepaper from PricewaterhouseCoopers states that while Canadian companies have lagged behind U.S. companies in offshore outsourcing of IT services, several factors are changing the landscape of the market and more Canadian companies will use offshore outsourcing in the future.
Canada's job market still leads U.S.
By Bruce Little
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Mon, Dec 29 2003
The year is not quite over, but already it's safe to say that Canada's job market -- once more -- exceeded both expectations and the United States.
Markets up; positive job report boosts dollar
By GILLIAN LIVINGSTON, Canadian Press
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Fri, Jul 11 2003
The Canadian dollar snapped its losing streak and the Toronto stock market rose Friday after news of improvement in Canada's job market.
It's about jobs, jobs, jobs -- and they're disappearing
By John McLeod, The Daily News
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Wed, Jun 11 2003
In the end, its all about jobs, jobs, jobs. And the results so far this year, as well as the outlook going forward, arent good.
Job Hunting via the Net in Canada
Sun, May 11 2003
Job searching is now among the most popular Internet activities for Candian users: more Canadians have looked for a job online than have banked online, shopped online, comparison shopped or downloaded music.
Canadians lead world in job hunting on-line
By Virginia Galt
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Sat, Apr 5 2003
Canadians are "pretty wired" when it comes to finding employment on-line, with a success rate four times greater than the global average, according to a survey released yesterday.
Career Monitor - A Special Report on workplace and career issues and trends
By DBM
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Fri, Apr 4 2003
A new worldwide study of more than 363,000 unemployed workers by career transition firm DBM shows that Canadians surfed the Internet to find new employment four times more successfully than the global average in 2002.
Jobs decline for best and least educated
By Bruce Little
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Mon, Mar 31 2003
Some very peculiar things are going on in Canada's job market. In 2002, 77.1 per cent of university graduates had jobs, down from 78.4 per cent five years earlier.
Canada Jobs Boom Continues in February
By David Ljunggren
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Fri, Mar 7 2003
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's recent employment boom picked up speed again in February when 55200 jobs were created -- a number far higher than analysts had predicted.
Your job: How scared should you be?
By Leslie Haggin Geary
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Mon, Feb 24 2003
The recovery in the job market isn't here yet. Employers nationwide are scaling back plans to add workers to their payrolls.
Hiring Outlook '03, Part Two
Fri, Jan 3 2003
Our most forward-thinking clients realize that we're in a ceasefire in the war for talent. They're building up their bench.
Hiring Outlook '03, Part One
Thu, Jan 2 2003
Companies are upgrading their workforces and bringing on better people. But they're being very selective. They want the A-players.
Coping with Job Uncertainty : A Survey of Employed and Unemployed High Technology Workers
By Janet Mantler, Kim Matheson, Amanda Matejicek, & Hymie Anisman
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Wed, Oct 23 2002
Over the past three years, the meltdown in the high technology industry has resulted in a large number of high technology organizations laying off considerable numbers of their employees, or shutting down completely, leaving people with a great deal of job uncertainty and relatively few job alternatives.
