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Canada has introduced stricter eligibility requirements for foreign nationals seeking reciprocal employment work permits under the C20 exemption, restricting access for workers who are not already employed by an overseas company. As reported by the Economic Times on Sunday, the updated guidelines issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on July 29, 2026, state that applicants must have an existing employment relationship with a foreign company before they can qualify for a C20 work permit. Under the revised rules, foreign workers whose employment is expected to begin only after arriving in Canada will no longer qualify under the exemption. The new IRCC guidance states: “A foreign national must be currently employed by the company abroad” to qualify for a reciprocal employment work permit. IRCC explained that the C20 exemption is intended to support the exchange of knowledge, skills, and experience between foreign workers and Canadian employers. The agency said workers who are hired by a company only after arriving in Canada do not meet the...

Hundreds of international students are calling on the Canadian government to immediately halt the bulk denial of post-graduation work permit applications for students in Alberta, which they say have been wrongfully refused.   Approximately 500 international graduates from continuing education courses at Portage College have held rallies across Alberta in recent weeks demanding answers regarding why their permits were denied.  The students – some of whom staged a hunger strike in Calgary – have said they were promised PGWP eligibility when they started their non-credit courses in 2024, provided they met the necessary criteria.   But hundreds have seen their permits refused, following an update from IRCC stating that that all non-credit courses, other than flight school, are not PGWP eligible.   While the update came on June 24, IRCC said the guidance marked a clarification of existing requirements and that the students would not be grandfathered under previous rules.  “It has always been the case that non-credit are not entitled to these PGWP, so we’ve not changed any eligibility for that,” said Lena Diab, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, at a press conference on July 28.   But the impacted students have launched a petition, backed by regulated Canadian immigration consultant (RCIC) Dimple Verma, to halt the bulk...

Alberta has added the most jobs in Canada this year, but the province’s traditional growth driver—the energy sector—has not been behind the increase. Instead, job gains have been concentrated in health care and social assistance, along with public administration, in part reflecting increased demand for essential services following years of exceptionally rapid population growth. The energy sector continues to benefit from strong production and robust demand for exports, but hiring in the sector remains largely unchanged. Alberta’s unemployment rate is also high despite strong job creation, partly reflecting the labour force growing faster than employment gains. This imbalance, however, has been easing as demographic pressures continue to moderate.   Most gains come from full-time jobs in private sector Employment in Alberta was up by about 79,000 positions in June from a year ago with job growth rising 3% year-over-year—outpacing all provinces except Prince Edward Island. In comparison, job growth has been largely unchanged across most provinces, and declined outright in the likes of Quebec and British...

Canada’s job market took a leap toward recovery in July, adding 75,000 jobs, but economists say there’s still a long road ahead before the Bank of Canada considers tightening policy. Statistics Canada said on Friday the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in two years to 6.4 per cent. Economists in a Reuters poll ahead of the release predicted a modest 15,000-job gain. July’s job growth was split between full- and part-time work, with Ontario adding 52,000 jobs. Statistics Canada said the country is now up 181,000 jobs since April, and 196,000 from a year ago. “It’s stronger growth than we were maybe anticipating a few months ago,” said CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham in an interview. “It is consistent with what we’re seeing in terms of the GDP figures that the Canadian economy is recovering, even though we do see that there’s more slack in the economy to go and this recovery will need to continue before we really have to worry about...

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OTTAWA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Canada's economy added far more jobs in July than expected and the unemployment rate dropped to ‌a two-year low, data showed on Friday, in another sign ‌the economy is coping with U.S. tariffs and international tensions. Statistics Canada said employment had jumped ​by 75,100 positions on strong gains in both the full-time and part-time sectors. The jobless rate fell for the third consecutive month, dipping from 6.5% to 6.4%, a level last seen in July 2024. Analysts polled by ‌Reuters had forecast a ⁠net gain of 16,500 positions and estimated the jobless rate would remain at 6.5%. July's blowout follows the creation ⁠of 87,800 jobs in May. The Bank of Canada said on July 15...

Canadians looking for a full-time or part-time job need to brush up their resumes because certain industries seem to be on a hiring spree right now. Statistics Canada released its latest Labour Force Survey on Friday, revealing that the country added approximately 75,000 jobs in July 2026. The number offers some relief to job seekers who have been dealing with a tough-to-break-through market. Canada’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 6.4 per cent in July, marking the lowest level seen in two years. While a small drop may not seem like a major change, it means more people are getting hired, and businesses are continuing to bring on more workers. The national statistical agency also found that unemployed Canadians are finding work more often now compared to last year. The percentage of unemployed people who found a job in June and July increased to 20.8 per cent, up from 18.5 per cent during the same period last year. That being said, finding a job is still...

Canada’s economy added 75,000 jobs in July, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.4 percent – its lowest level in two years – as the economy adapts to US tariffs, data showed Friday. Statistics Canada said hiring was split between full-time and part-time work and was spread across industries, from finance to construction. The jobs numbers far exceeded analyst expectations, which forecast roughly 20,000 new jobs, and reinforces the Bank of Canada’s view that businesses are better responding to US President Donald Trump’s trade restrictions. It was also a noted contrast to the United States, which reported a July job loss of 23,000 jobs on Friday, significantly below analyst estimates. “The labour market is showing clear signs of recovery,” TD Bank said in a note responding to the Canadian jobs figures, predicting that unemployment would continue to nudge downward through the rest of the year. But it cautioned that “downside risks to the economy remain,” highlighting Trump’s new threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on...

Canada added 75,000 net new jobs in July, according to Statistics Canada, as the national unemployment rate ticked down to 6.4 per cent — the lowest since July 2024. The labour force survey for the month was released by the agency Friday morning, and the unemployment rate was down 0.1 per cent from June, when 18,000 jobs were added. The July report marks the third straight month where the unemployment rate fell, and the 6.4 per cent reading was also half a per cent lower than the same month a year earlier.“What matters isn’t the single month of data; it’s the consecutive strength. Since April, jobs in Canada have increased by 181,000 and the unemployment rate fell by half a percentage point, declining for three consecutive months,” said Laura Ulrich, director of economic research at Indeed, in a statement. Story continues below advertisement “One month of positive data can be noise, but three months in a row starts to look more like a...

Canada adds 75,000 jobsNick Murray, The Canadian Press - Aug 7, 2026 / 7:17 am | Story: 627321 Photo: The Canadian Press Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010.   Canada’s jobs numbers beat economists’ expectations in July, while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in two years, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The agency’s labour force survey said Canada added a surprising 75,000 jobs in July, blowing past expectations of economists in a Reuters poll, which predicted a modest 15,000-job gain. Those jobs were split between full- and part-time work. Statistics Canada said the country is now up 181,000 jobs since April, and 196,000 from a year ago. "It's stronger growth than we were maybe anticipating a few months ago," said CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham in an interview. "It is consistent with what we're seeing in terms of the GDP figures that the Canadian economy is recovering, even though we do see that there's more slack in the...