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\nEmployment level \u2014 Canada
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21,173,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.2%\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Canada
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6.4%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.0\u00a0pts<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment level \u2014 N.L.
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245,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
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(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nUnemployment rate \u2014 N.L.
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8.6%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.7\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nEmployment level \u2014 P.E.I.
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96,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.4%\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nUnemployment rate \u2014 P.E.I.
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7.9%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
1.1\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment level \u2014 N.S.
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541,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.5%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 N.S.
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6.1%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.1\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nEmployment level \u2014 N.B.
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409,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.6%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 N.B.
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7.3%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.3\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment level \u2014 Que.
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4,589,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.4%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Que.
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5.6%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.0\u00a0pts<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nEmployment level \u2014 Ont.
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8,307,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.2%\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Ont.
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6.9%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.1\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nEmployment level \u2014 Man.
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756,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.1%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Man.
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5.0%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.0\u00a0pts<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment level \u2014 Sask.
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622,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.4%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Sask.
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6.0%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.0\u00a0pts<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nEmployment level \u2014 Alta.
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2,661,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.3%\u00a0<\/p>\n
(monthly change)<\/p>\n
\nUnemployment rate \u2014 Alta.
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6.8%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.2\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment level \u2014 B.C.
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2,949,000<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
-0.2%\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nUnemployment rate \u2014 B.C.
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6.5%<\/p>\n
August\u00a02026<\/p>\n
0.3\u00a0pts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nHighlights <\/p>\n
Employment declined by\u00a042,000\u00a0(-0.2%) in August and the employment rate fell\u00a00.1\u00a0percentage points to\u00a060.8%. The unemployment rate was unchanged at\u00a06.4%.<\/p>\n
Employment fell among youth aged\u00a015\u00a0to\u00a024\u00a0(-19,000; -0.7%) and edged down (-16,000; -0.1%) among people in the core-age (25\u00a0to\u00a054\u00a0years old).<\/p>\n
While the overall unemployment rate was unchanged in August, it increased among core-aged men (+0.2\u00a0percentage points to\u00a06.0%) and fell for core-aged women (-0.2\u00a0percentage points to\u00a05.0%). The unemployment rate was little changed for youth (12.9%) and people aged\u00a055\u00a0and older (5.1%).<\/p>\n
Employment declined in business, building and other support services (-20,000; -2.8%), public administration (-8,800; -0.7%), natural resources (-7,700; -2.3%) and utilities (-5,600; -3.5%), while it increased in manufacturing (+22,000; +1.2%).<\/p>\n
Employment declined in Quebec (-19,000; -0.4%) and edged down in Ontario (-18,000; -0.2%). Employment increased in New Brunswick (+2,400; +0.6%) and was little changed in the other provinces.<\/p>\n
Average hourly wages among employees were up\u00a02.0% (+$0.71\u00a0to $37.02) on a year-over-year basis in August, following growth of\u00a02.8% in July (not seasonally adjusted).<\/p>\n
Employment declines in August<\/p>\n
Employment fell by\u00a042,000\u00a0(-0.2%) in August. The decrease follows a cumulative increase of\u00a0181,000\u00a0(+0.9%) from April to July. On a year-over-year basis, employment was up by\u00a0217,000\u00a0(+1.0%) in August.<\/p>\n
The employment rate\u2014the proportion of the population aged\u00a015\u00a0and older who are employed\u2014decreased by\u00a00.1\u00a0percentage points to\u00a060.8% in August. The employment rate in August was on par with the rate recorded at the start of the year, and up\u00a00.3\u00a0percentage points compared with August\u00a02025.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n The number of public sector employees fell in August (-20,000; -0.4%), down for the third consecutive month. Since May, the number of public sector employees has declined by\u00a078,000\u00a0(-1.7%) and was little changed in August compared with a year earlier.<\/p>\n Employment was little changed among private sector employees in August but was up by\u00a0156,000\u00a0(+1.1%) year over year. Similarly, self-employment was little changed in August compared with the previous month but increased by\u00a080,000\u00a0(+3.0%) compared with\u00a012\u00a0months earlier.<\/p>\n Unemployment rate unchanged at\u00a06.4%<\/p>\n The unemployment rate was unchanged at\u00a06.4% in August. This follows three consecutive monthly declines in May, June and July totalling\u00a00.5\u00a0percentage points. <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Among the\u00a01.5\u00a0million people who were unemployed in August,\u00a024.0% were in long-term unemployment, meaning they had been continuously searching for work for\u00a027\u00a0weeks or more. This proportion was similar to that of August\u00a02025\u00a0(23.0%) and remained above the pre-COVID-19\u00a0pandemic average of\u00a017.1% recorded from\u00a02017\u00a0to\u00a02019. <\/p>\n The layoff rate was\u00a00.8% in August, slightly below the rate of\u00a01.0% observed\u00a012\u00a0months earlier and similar to the average layoff rate (0.9%) observed for the corresponding months from\u00a02017\u00a0to\u00a02019\u00a0(not seasonally adjusted). The layoff rate refers to the proportion of people who became unemployed due to a layoff between July and August.<\/p>\n Industries dependent on US<\/a> demand for exports continue to face an uncertain economic context, compounded by the recent imposition of new US<\/a> tariffs on Canadian exports. In the\u00a012\u00a0months to August, the layoff rate averaged\u00a00.9% for workers in industries dependent on US<\/a> demand for exports. In comparison, the rate was\u00a00.7% for other industries over the same period. For more information about the labour dynamics of industries dependent on US<\/a> demand for exports, see “Recent employment trends in industries dependent on U.S. demand<\/a>” and “United States tariffs and Canadian labour market trends<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The participation rate\u2014the proportion of the population aged\u00a015\u00a0and older who were employed or looking for work\u2014fell\u00a00.1\u00a0percentage points to\u00a065.0% in August, offsetting a similar-sized increase in July. On a year-over-year basis, the participation rate was little changed.<\/p>\n Unemployment rate rises among core-aged men <\/p>\n In August, the unemployment rate for core-aged men (25\u00a0to\u00a054\u00a0years old) rose\u00a00.2\u00a0percentage points to\u00a06.0%, as more men in this age group entered the labour market and searched for work. Employment held steady for core-aged men and the employment rate was unchanged at\u00a086.5%.<\/p>\n Compared with\u00a012\u00a0months earlier, the unemployment rate for core-aged men was down\u00a00.3\u00a0percentage points and the employment rate was up\u00a00.6\u00a0percentage points.<\/p>\n Among core-aged women, the unemployment rate fell\u00a00.2\u00a0percentage points to\u00a05.0% in August, as the labour force declined by\u00a031,000\u00a0(-0.4%) and the number searching for work fell slightly. Employment for core-aged women edged down (-17,000; -0.3%).<\/p>\n The employment rate for core-aged women fell\u00a00.3\u00a0percentage points to\u00a080.9% in August, following a five-month cumulative increase of\u00a01.1\u00a0percentage points. Despite the decline in August, the employment rate for core-aged women was up on a year-over-year basis (+1.5\u00a0percentage points) and remained higher than the corresponding pre-pandemic average of\u00a079.1% observed from\u00a02017\u00a0to\u00a02019.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n For people aged\u00a055\u00a0and older, the unemployment rate was little changed at\u00a05.1%, as employment held steady. The employment rate for people between the ages of\u00a055\u00a0and\u00a064\u00a0was\u00a064.3% in August, little changed both in the month and on a year-over-year basis.<\/p>\n Youth employment declines<\/p>\n Employment among youth fell by\u00a019,000\u00a0(-0.7%) in August. The youth employment rate was little changed at\u00a055.1% in the month and was up by\u00a01.2\u00a0percentage points from\u00a012\u00a0months earlier.<\/p>\n The unemployment rate for youth aged\u00a015\u00a0to\u00a024\u00a0edged up\u00a00.3\u00a0percentage points to\u00a012.9% in August, following a net decline of\u00a01.7\u00a0percentage points from April to July. The youth unemployment rate in August was\u00a01.4\u00a0percentage points lower than a year earlier (14.3%) but remained higher than the pre-pandemic average of\u00a010.8% recorded from\u00a02017\u00a0to\u00a02019.<\/p>\n More favourable summer job market for returning students in\u00a02026\u00a0compared with previous year <\/p>\n From May to August, the Labour Force Survey (LFS<\/a>) collects labour market information from students who attended school full time in March and who intend to return to school full time in the fall.<\/p>\n The unemployment rate for returning students aged\u00a015\u00a0to\u00a024\u00a0was\u00a015.6% in August, down\u00a01.3\u00a0percentage points from\u00a012\u00a0months earlier (16.9%) (not seasonally adjusted). On average from May to August\u00a02026, the unemployment rate for returning students was\u00a015.9%, down from\u00a017.9% during this same period in\u00a02025.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n The decrease in the unemployment rate from the summer of\u00a02025\u00a0to the summer of\u00a02026\u00a0was more pronounced for older returning students. Among returning students aged\u00a020\u00a0to\u00a024, the unemployment rate was\u00a09.2% in the summer of\u00a02026, down from\u00a012.3% in the summer of\u00a02025. For returning students aged\u00a017\u00a0to\u00a019, the unemployment rate was\u00a016.7%, down from\u00a018.5% in\u00a02025. Meanwhile, among the youngest returning students\u2014aged\u00a015\u00a0to\u00a016\u2014the unemployment rate was\u00a029.9% this summer, little changed from the rate in\u00a02025\u00a0(29.6%).<\/p>\n Employment declines spread across several industries, while manufacturing rises<\/p>\n Employment declined in business, building and other support services (-20,000; -2.8%), public administration (-8,800; -0.7%), natural resources (-7,700; -2.3%), and utilities (-5,600; -3.5%) in August. Despite recording monthly declines, employment in these four industries was little changed on a year-over-year basis.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Manufacturing (+22,000; +1.2%) was the only sector to record a significant increase in employment in August, with most of that increase (+14,000; +1.7%) in Ontario. On a year-over-year basis, employment in this sector was little changed, as the increase in August offset decreases earlier in the year.<\/p>\n Over the\u00a012\u00a0months to August, employment growth was concentrated in health care and social assistance (+129,000; +4.5%), information, culture and recreation (+49,000; +5.9%) and transportation and warehousing (+47,000; +4.4%). On the other hand, wholesale and retail trade (-55,000; -1.8%) recorded the largest decline across industries over the same period.<\/p>\n Year-over-year growth in average hourly wages decelerates for the second consecutive month<\/p>\n Average hourly wages among employees in August were up\u00a02.0% (to $37.02) year over year, following growth of\u00a02.8% in July and\u00a03.3% in June (not seasonally adjusted).<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Year-over-year growth in average hourly wages had remained robust through the post-pandemic period, and averaged\u00a04.9% over\u00a02023\u00a0and\u00a02024, before decelerating to an average of\u00a03.4% in\u00a02025. Wage growth in August\u00a02026\u00a0was the slowest since November\u00a02017\u00a0(when it was also\u00a02.0%), excluding the year\u00a02021, during the COVID-19\u00a0pandemic.<\/p>\n Year-over-year wage growth was slower for employees with lower wages in August. For employees in the bottom\u00a025% of the wage distribution, average hourly wages were up\u00a01.1% (to $18.66) year over year, while they were up\u00a01.3% (to $26.61) for employees in the second lowest\u00a025% of the wage distribution. In comparison, wages grew faster for employees in the third (+2.1% to $37.99) and top (+2.1% to $65.15) quartiles. <\/p>\n Employment declines in Quebec<\/p>\n Employment in Quebec declined by\u00a019,000\u00a0(-0.4%) in August, following little change in July. The decline in employment was concentrated in the census metropolitan area (CMA<\/a>) of Montr\u00e9al (-21,000; -0.9%). In August, Quebec was the only province to record a year-over-year decline in employment (-54,000; -1.2%). The unemployment rate in the province held steady at\u00a05.6% in August and was little changed year over year. In the Montr\u00e9al CMA<\/a>, the unemployment rate was\u00a06.5% in August, little changed both in the month and on a year-over-year basis.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Employment edged down in Ontario (-18,000; -0.2%), following a net increase of\u00a0119,000\u00a0(+1.5%) from March to July. On a year-over-year basis, employment in the province was up by\u00a0116,000\u00a0(+1.4%) in August. The unemployment rate in Ontario was\u00a06.9% in August, little changed from the previous month, and down\u00a00.8\u00a0percentage points compared with August\u00a02025. In the Toronto CMA<\/a>, the unemployment rate was unchanged at\u00a06.7% in August and was down from a recent high of\u00a09.0% observed in July\u00a02025.<\/p>\n In New Brunswick, employment increased by\u00a02,400\u00a0(+0.6%) in August, following three months of little change. The unemployment rate in the province was little changed at\u00a07.3%. There was little variation in employment in the other provinces.<\/p>\n
On January\u00a01,\u00a02016, the world officially began implementation of the 2030\u00a0Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a>\u2014the United Nations’ transformative plan of action that addresses urgent global challenges over the next\u00a015\u00a0years. The plan is based on\u00a017\u00a0specific sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n The Labour Force Survey is an example of how Statistics Canada supports the reporting on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. This release will be used in helping to measure the following goals:<\/p>\n
The Labour Force Survey (LFS<\/a>) estimates for August reflect labour market conditions during the reference week of August\u00a09\u00a0to\u00a015,\u00a02026.<\/p>\n The sample size of the LFS<\/a> is approximately\u00a065,000\u00a0households, representing over\u00a0100,000\u00a0respondents each month. For more information, see the Guide to the Labour Force Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n This analysis focuses on differences between estimates that are statistically significant at the\u00a068% confidence level. Monthly estimates may show more sampling variability than trends observed over longer periods. For more information, see “Interpreting Monthly Changes in Employment from the Labour Force Survey<\/a>.”<\/p>\n LFS<\/a> estimates at the Canada level do not include the territories.<\/p>\n The LFS<\/a> estimates are the first in a series of labour market indicators released by Statistics Canada, which includes indicators from programs such as the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH<\/a>); Employment Insurance Statistics; and the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey. For more information on the conceptual differences between employment measures from the LFS<\/a> and those from the SEPH<\/a>, refer to section\u00a08\u00a0of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n The employment rate is the number of employed people as a percentage of the population aged\u00a015\u00a0years and older. The rate for a particular group (for example, youth aged\u00a015\u00a0to\u00a024\u00a0years) is the number employed in that group as a percentage of the population for that group.<\/p>\n The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force (employed and unemployed).<\/p>\n The participation rate is the number of employed and unemployed people as a percentage of the population aged\u00a015\u00a0years and older.<\/p>\n Full-time employment consists of persons who usually work\u00a030\u00a0hours or more per week at their main or only job.<\/p>\n Part-time employment consists of persons who usually work less than\u00a030\u00a0hours per week at their main or only job.<\/p>\n Total hours worked refers to the number of hours actually worked at the main job by the respondent during the reference week, including paid and unpaid hours. These hours reflect temporary decreases or increases in work hours (for example, hours lost due to illness, vacation, holidays or weather; or more hours worked due to overtime).<\/p>\n This release refers to the gender of a person<\/a>. The category “men” includes men, as well as some non-binary persons. The category “women” includes women, as well as some non-binary persons. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided.<\/p>\n Seasonal adjustment<\/p>\n Unless otherwise stated, estimates presented in this release are seasonally adjusted, which facilitates comparisons by removing the effects of typical seasonal variations. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonally adjusted data: Concepts and interpretation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Population totals in the Labour Force Survey<\/p>\n The LFS<\/a> target population includes all persons aged\u00a015\u00a0years and older whose usual place of residence is in Canada, with some exceptions (those living on reserves, full-time members of the regular Armed Forces and persons living in institutions). The target population includes temporary residents\u2014that is, those with a valid work or study permit, their families, and refugee claimants\u2014as well as permanent residents (landed immigrants) and the Canadian-born.<\/p>\n Information gathered from LFS<\/a> respondents is weighted to represent the survey target population using population calibration totals. These totals are updated each month, using the most recently available information on population changes derived from Canada’s official population estimates, with minor adjustments being made to reflect the LFS<\/a> target population.<\/p>\n While the LFS<\/a> population totals are generally aligned with official demographic estimates, the official estimates should be considered the official measure of population change in Canada. More information on how population totals in the LFS<\/a> are calculated can be found in the article “Interpreting population totals from the Labour Force Survey<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Next release<\/p>\n The next release of the LFS<\/a> will be on October\u00a09,\u00a02026. September\u00a02026\u00a0data will reflect labour market conditions during the week of September\u00a013\u00a0to\u00a019.<\/p>\n
More information about the concepts and use of the Labour Force Survey is available online in the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G<\/a>).<\/p>\n The product “Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app<\/a>” (Catalogue number14200001<\/a>) is also available. This interactive visualization application provides seasonally adjusted estimates by province, gender, age group and industry.<\/p>\n The product “Labour Market Indicators, by province and census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted<\/a>” (Catalogue number71-607-X<\/a>) is also available. This interactive dashboard provides customizable access to key labour market indicators.<\/p>\n The product “Labour Market Indicators, by province, territory and economic region, unadjusted for seasonality<\/a>” (Catalogue number71-607-X<\/a>) is also available. This dynamic web application provides access to labour market indicators for Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions.<\/p>\n The product “Labour market indicators, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and self-contained labour areas: Interactive dashboard<\/a>” (Catalogue number71-607-X<\/a>) is also available. This dashboard allows users to visually explore the estimates using an interactive map as well as time series charts and tables.<\/p>\n The product Labour Force Survey: Public Use Microdata File (Catalogue number71M0001X<\/a>) is also available. This public use microdata file contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Labour Force Survey. The data have been modified to ensure that no individual or business is directly or indirectly identified. This product is for users who prefer to do their own analysis by focusing on specific subgroups in the population or by cross-classifying variables that are not in our catalogued products.<\/p>\n Contact information<\/p>\n For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca<\/a>) or Media Relations (statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n
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\nEmployment rate decreases in August
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\nUnemployment rate unchanged at\u00a06.4% in August
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\nEmployment rate by age group, August\u00a02026
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\nUnemployment rate by age group, August\u00a02026
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\nUnemployment rate for returning students during the summer months,\u00a01977\u00a0to\u00a02026
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\nEmployment change by industry, August\u00a02026
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\nYear-over-year change (%) in average hourly wages
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\nUnemployment rate by province and territory, August\u00a02026
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\nSustainable Development Goals<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05_SDG_EN.png\"\/ "\\"Goal")
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\n \u00a0\u00a0Note to readers
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