{"id":"canada-employment-falls-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"canada-employment-falls-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Canada loses 42,000 jobs in August as unemployment holds","summary":"Statistics Canada says employment declined while the national unemployment rate stayed at 6.4%.","body":["Employment in Canada fell by 42,000, or 0.2%, in August 2026, and the employment rate slipped 0.1 percentage points to 60.8%, Statistics Canada reported. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4%.","Job losses included 19,000 among youth aged 15 to 24, while manufacturing added 22,000 positions. Average hourly wages rose 2.0% from a year earlier to $37.02. The survey also noted a cumulative employment gain of 181,000 from April through July."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Canada loses 42,000 jobs in August as unemployment holds\n\nStatistics Canada says employment declined while the national unemployment rate stayed at 6.4%.\n\nEmployment in Canada fell by 42,000, or 0.2%, in August 2026, and the employment rate slipped 0.1 percentage points to 60.8%, Statistics Canada reported. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4%.\n\nJob losses included 19,000 among youth aged 15 to 24, while manufacturing added 22,000 positions. Average hourly wages rose 2.0% from a year earlier to $37.02. The survey also noted a cumulative employment gain of 181,000 from April through July.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-04","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-04","translatedAt":"2026-10-05T23:18:42Z","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Canada","url":"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260904/dq260904a-eng.htm","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-04"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/canada-employment-falls-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}