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  Unemployment rate for provinces, cities

  Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in May. Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets) and in major Canadian cities.

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  Jobs beat odds: Canada's numbers make biggest gains in over a decade

  Canada's economy created an impressive 95,000 new jobs in May -- the biggest monthly gain in nearly 11 years -- blowing away the expectations of most analysts.

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  Do high home ownership rates really kill the labour market?

  A new study of U.S. data has found a link between higher home ownership rates and a rise over time in unemployment, and the authors are encouraging other researchers to check and advance their work to discover the possible causes of such a longterm trend.

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  Modest April rebound offers hope of some jobs growth going forward

  After suffering through the worst month in four years, Canada's jobs market turned modestly positive again in April, churning out 12,500 net new jobs -- all of them full-time.

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  U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April

  The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases and federal spending cuts, employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in April -- and far more in February and March than anyone thought.

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  More Americans giving up job hunt for school, retirement, disability

  The number of Americans in the labour force fell by nearly half a million people from February to March, the government said Friday. And the percentage of working-age adults in the labour force fell to 63.3 per cent last month. It's the lowest such figure since May 1979.

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  Jobs, homes, trade all suffer setback in dark day for economy

  The Canadian economy was hit by a triple dose of bad news Friday as three major indicators -- jobs, exports and housing starts -- all tumbled in unison to cast doubt on an expected rebound in economic growth this winter and spring.

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  Canada's unemployment rate drops to 4-year low

  The Canadian economy created 40,000 jobs in December -- all of it in full-time work -- and drove the unemployment rate to its lowest in four years, Statistics Canada said Friday.

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  Unemployment hurts more than your wallet; it could raise risk for heart attacks

  Unemployment hurts more than your wallet -- it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older American workers.

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  90 per cent of young adult Canadians stressed about work, money

  Worried about how you're going to pay the bills, whether you chose the right career or if your relationship is on the right track? If you're a Canadian adult, chances are you answered 'yes' to one or all of the above. But according to a new Ipsos Reid survey, you might be even more likely to feel stressed about such issues if you’re just starting out in your work life.