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%.

Of particular interest, especially after 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. In November, this represents the highest employment rate for recent Canadian immigrant women of core working age in the last 16 years.

What cities have increased the rate of employment?

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%).