According to the latest Labour Force Survey (November 2022) released by Statistics Canada, women between 25 and 54 years of age (considered to be of core working age) experienced a rise in employment of 0.4%.
Canada’s most recent Immigration Levels Plan (2023-2025) announced record-high immigration targets over the next several years, is the latest employment outcomes of recent Canadian immigrants. Among recent immigrants, core working-aged women who immigrated to Canada over the last five years saw an employment rate of 69.7% in November 2022. This represents the highest employment rate, in the month of November, for recent Canadian immigrant women of core working age in the last 16 years.
General employment trends across Canada:
Taking a more general view of Canadian employment, November 2022 saw employment across the country grow by 10,000 jobs. The national unemployment rate in Canada dropped 0.1 points, falling to 5.1%. Canada’s employment participation rate also fell to 64.8% in November.
Employment trends by province:
Quebec:
Overall employment increased by 28,000 jobs, while the provincial unemployment rate “reached a new record low of 3.8%” in November 2022. Most of the reported employment gains were concentrated in Montréal, where employment rose by 1.1%.
Prince Edward Island:
Employment fell by 1.7% overall, causing the unemployment rate to jump to 6.8%.
Newfoundland and Labrador:
Total employment declined by 1.5%, though the unemployment rate remained relatively steady at 10.7%.
Manitoba:
Employment declined by 0.8% but the provincial unemployment rate held steady at 4.4%.
Alberta:
The unemployment rate rose to 5.8% as employment in the province went down 0.6%.
British Columbia:
Total employment in this province declined by 0.5% in November. All losses were felt in the part-time employment sector.
Ontario:
The unemployment rate throughout the province declined by 0.4 percentage points (to 5.5%).
As early as Q1 2023, Canada is expected to begin conducting Express Entry draws that target foreign nationals working in specific occupations or those that have particular language skills/educational backgrounds. Canada has also recently switched from the NOC 2016 system to a new Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) system with NOC 2021.
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