According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, across the board unemployment declined a modest 0.1 per cent last month.
Latest studies also highlight the proportion of Canadians employed in industries dependent on US demand, with jobs supported by the trade relationship now at risk due to tariff threats by incoming US president Donald Trump.
Based on Labour Force Survey estimates, 1.8 million people worked in industries where 35 per cent or more of the jobs involved depended on US demand for Canadian exports. That represents 8.8 per cent of total employment.
Employees at the Detroit Assembly Complex – Jefferson install doors on the Jeep® Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango as they come down the line of the body shop. (Source: Stellantis)
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Alberta had the highest share of jobs reliant on American demand for Canadian exports, clocking in at 22.8 per cent. Other industries with proportionally large amounts of jobs reliant on American trade included …