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Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years

44 points by vrganj 3mo ago

ComputerPerson 3mo ago
You can see on the bar chart that this is mostly rebound from Q1 contraction. I was curious: professional/scientific/technical saw little to no growth; the areas that would be most affected by AI.
speak_plainly 3mo ago
The Daily: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260807/dq260807a-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260807/dq260...
spelk 3mo ago
Labour force survey microdata files are public, for anyone who wants to poke in there for a more granular breakdown: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/71M0001X https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/71M0001X Obvious caveat being that Claude Code might give you a confident statistic without being able to validate if the question can be validated with the sample (StatsCan suppresses C grade data and below).
e40 3mo ago
Not Canadian. Real question: is this the impact of having a normal human at the helm?
- FLeXMurphy 3mo ago
  No. I wouldn't look at the month to month; focus on annual statistics and larger trends. Monthlies are mostly for posturing and hot takes (like say, "human at the helm"), not for the over all trend of the country. Both US and Canada play games with the word "unemployment", whose definition is very questionable in and of itself.
  - edoceo 3mo ago
    The article says lowest in 2 years. That's not monthly. Also has a chart going back to 2021 (when the rate was like 9%). But this current rate (6.4) is above the lowest of the last five years (5%)
    - xboxnolifes 3mo ago
      It's still monthly if you're only looking at a single monthly point outlier (1 month happened to be the lowest in 2 years). If unemployment stays (or improves) at this level for another month or two, then I'd start listening. Otherwise it's a blip.
  - tharmas 3mo ago
    Yeah, I wish journalists would just look up the EM-ployment rate and go from there. The official "unemployment" rate is based on who is collecting benefits. It doesn't count those unemployed but not collecting benefits.
- hellojomp 3mo ago
  He's not the man we deserve but he's the man we need. He's got beauty, he's got grace, it's Mark Carney against the States. Making everyone say "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...ark (Carney)". Noah built an ark, we got ourselves a Mark. You can take my Karma, but you can never take my Carney. (I know, I know you actually can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_...) Does that answer your question?
486sx33 3mo ago
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ck2 3mo ago
imagine what US real numbers are, the published numbers have to be completely cooked * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-08-07/us-employment-report-for-july-live-updates https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-08-07/us-emplo...
thomasjeff1 3mo ago
Those are mostly only $16/hr jobs whereas cost of living in Canada requires minimum $30/hr.
- bpye 3mo ago
  Most provinces and territories have a minimum wage above $16/hr, so this cannot be true.
  - thomasjeff1 3mo ago
    Yes it's $18/hr but still not livable.
FpUser 3mo ago
"75,000 new jobs" - they forgot to add that most of those no longer provide livable wage. With the way inflation is going they could soon hire everyone since the real value of the salary for average Shcmoes ever diminishes. I am Canadian, just in case
- tomega2134 3mo ago
  My impression is that they ARE good paying jobs, looking at the industry categories listed as having gains. "Professional, scientific and technical services" alone is 16.6k.
  - FpUser 3mo ago
    Those are going down the drain. Far below inflation for many many years. Canada I came to and Canada now are 2 completely different countries, former being way better in terms of the American Dream
flapjacks 3mo ago
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44 points by vrganj 3mo ago

You can see on the bar chart that this is mostly rebound from Q1 contraction. I was curious: professional/scientific/technical saw little to no growth; the areas that would be most affected by AI.

speak_plainly 3mo ago

The Daily: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260807/dq260807a-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260807/dq260...

spelk 3mo ago

Labour force survey microdata files are public, for anyone who wants to poke in there for a more granular breakdown: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/71M0001X https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/71M0001X Obvious caveat being that Claude Code might give you a confident statistic without being able to validate if the question can be validated with the sample (StatsCan suppresses C grade data and below).

e40 3mo ago

Not Canadian. Real question: is this the impact of having a normal human at the helm?

FLeXMurphy 3mo ago
No. I wouldn't look at the month to month; focus on annual statistics and larger trends. Monthlies are mostly for posturing and hot takes (like say, "human at the helm"), not for the over all trend of the country. Both US and Canada play games with the word "unemployment", whose definition is very questionable in and of itself.
- edoceo 3mo ago
  The article says lowest in 2 years. That's not monthly. Also has a chart going back to 2021 (when the rate was like 9%). But this current rate (6.4) is above the lowest of the last five years (5%)
  - xboxnolifes 3mo ago
    It's still monthly if you're only looking at a single monthly point outlier (1 month happened to be the lowest in 2 years). If unemployment stays (or improves) at this level for another month or two, then I'd start listening. Otherwise it's a blip.
- tharmas 3mo ago
  Yeah, I wish journalists would just look up the EM-ployment rate and go from there. The official "unemployment" rate is based on who is collecting benefits. It doesn't count those unemployed but not collecting benefits.
hellojomp 3mo ago
He's not the man we deserve but he's the man we need. He's got beauty, he's got grace, it's Mark Carney against the States. Making everyone say "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...ark (Carney)". Noah built an ark, we got ourselves a Mark. You can take my Karma, but you can never take my Carney. (I know, I know you actually can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_...) Does that answer your question?

486sx33 3mo ago

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ck2 3mo ago

imagine what US real numbers are, the published numbers have to be completely cooked * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-08-07/us-employment-report-for-july-live-updates https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-08-07/us-emplo...

thomasjeff1 3mo ago

Those are mostly only $16/hr jobs whereas cost of living in Canada requires minimum $30/hr.

bpye 3mo ago
Most provinces and territories have a minimum wage above $16/hr, so this cannot be true.
- thomasjeff1 3mo ago
  Yes it's $18/hr but still not livable.

FpUser 3mo ago

"75,000 new jobs" - they forgot to add that most of those no longer provide livable wage. With the way inflation is going they could soon hire everyone since the real value of the salary for average Shcmoes ever diminishes. I am Canadian, just in case

tomega2134 3mo ago
My impression is that they ARE good paying jobs, looking at the industry categories listed as having gains. "Professional, scientific and technical services" alone is 16.6k.
- FpUser 3mo ago
  Those are going down the drain. Far below inflation for many many years. Canada I came to and Canada now are 2 completely different countries, former being way better in terms of the American Dream

flapjacks 3mo ago

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