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Canada Lost Jobs Again in October: Is Your Emergency Fund Ready?

  CANADIAN MONEY BRIEF • NOVEMBER 7, 2026 A day after the federal budget leaned on a labour market that looks better than a year ago, Statistics Canada delivered a reality check. Canada lost 4,700 jobs in October , and the unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 6.5%. Economists had expected a gain of about 13,600 jobs and no change in the jobless rate. 6.7% Unemployment rate, up from 6.5% -4,700 Jobs lost in October -110,000 Jobs lost in August and September combined 13.7% Unemployment, ages 15 to 24, up from 13.0% Why this report is worse than the headline On its own, 4,700 is a small number. The problem is the run it follows: 42,000 jobs lost in August and 68,000 in September, making October the third straight monthly decline. BMO senior economist Sal Guatieri put the damage in perspective: Canada has added just 17,000 jobs over the past 12 months, in a year where it would normally create more than 200,000. The weakness has also shifted. Earlier in the year it was mostly the public...

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