2.5 Million Canadians unemployed due to Covid-19
In April 2020 the number of unemployed workers peaked at 2.5 million, 40% higher than the highest level ever recorded in the Labour Force Survey.
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May 12, 2020
COVID-19 wipes nearly 1 million jobs from Canada’s economy
As the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Canada, Statistics Canada's March release of the Labour Force Survey showed a decline of nearly 1,000,000 jobs.
April 20, 2020
3 Reasons why the unemployment rate cannot go down to zero
To understand why unemployment rates can never be zero this article explains how the three main types of unemployment (structural, cyclical and frictional) arise.
March 9, 2020