What the survey found
- Across Canada, employment fell by 68,000 (−0.3%) in September, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 6.5%.
- In Ontario, employment edged down by 20,000 (−0.2%), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.0%. Compared with September 2025, Ontario employment was up 86,000 (+1.1%) and the unemployment rate was down 0.9 percentage points.
- In the Toronto census metropolitan area, the unemployment rate was 7.2%, up from 6.7% in August, according to Statistics Canada's table for Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.
- Nationally, manufacturing employment fell by 13,000 (−0.7%), after a gain in August.
All figures are seasonally adjusted estimates from the Labour Force Survey.
Source
- Organization
- Statistics Canada
- Original
- The Daily — Labour Force Survey, September 2026
- Published by the source
- Published here
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