Saskatchewan\u2019s economy continues to outpace the rest of the country, with 22,200 full-time jobs added year over year in July, according to the latest labour force data from Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n
The province now holds the lowest unemployment rate in Canada at 5.0 per cent, well below the national average of 6.9 per cent. While other provinces experienced modest employment growth or declines, Saskatchewan led the nation in job gains.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaskatchewan continues to see unprecedented job creation with a record low unemployment rate and over 22,200 full-time jobs added since last July,\u201d Deputy Premier and Minister of Immigration and Career Training Jim Reiter said. \u201cToday\u2019s labour market numbers continue to demonstrate that Saskatchewan is leading the nation with our strong economy, and our government is committed to ensuring this growth continues.\u201d<\/p>\n
July 2025 marked several all-time highs for the province\u2019s labour market, including:<\/p>\n
\n\tLabour force reaching 665,300 people aged 15 and over
\n\tFull-time employment hitting 532,800
\n\tMale employment at 336,400
\n\tFemale employment at 292,400
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Year-over-year, full-time employment increased by 4.3 per cent, with women\u2019s employment rising 4.8 per cent, or 13,300 jobs, and men\u2019s employment increasing 1.3 per cent, or 4,300 jobs.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan\u2019s two largest cities also recorded significant employment growth compared to July 2024. Saskatoon\u2019s employment grew by 4,300 jobs, a 2.1 per cent increase, while Regina added 5,600 jobs, up 3.8 per cent.<\/p>\n
Several sectors showed notable year-over-year gains, including healthcare and social assistance, which added 9,800 jobs, a 10.3 per cent increase. Construction employment rose 14.7 per cent, with 6,500 new jobs, while finance, insurance, real estate and leasing increased by 3,500 jobs, up 13.1 per cent.<\/p>\n
This economic momentum is supported by provincial initiatives such as Building the Workforce for a Growing Economy: The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy, which outlines plans to develop the workforce necessary to sustain growth. Additionally, Securing the Next Decade of Growth: Saskatchewan’s Investment Attraction Strategy aims to boost investment and further advance the province\u2019s goal of $16 billion in private capital investment annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan\u2019s economy continues to outpace the rest of the country, with 22,200 full-time jobs added year over year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,63,99,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-59269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}