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A recent article erroneously states that Canada has ended the wage assessment as part of the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application and that they will just use the wage on the application.
On December 5th, Statistics Canada released the Labour Force Survey results for November 2025. The latest results show that employment rose by 53,600 (+0.3%) in November. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points to reach 6.5%.
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• Employment rose by 54,000 in November, above market expectation for a loss of 2,500 jobs.
• The unemployment rate declined to 6.5% from 6.9% while markets were expecting it to edge up to 7.0%. The labour force participation rate fell to 65.1% (-0.2 p.p.).
On December 5th, Statistics Canada released the Labour Force Survey results for November 2025. The latest results show that employment rose by 53,600 (+0.3%) in November. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points to reach 6.5%.
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