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- Year-over-year, Ontario’s employment increased by 5.9% (+414,900) in the third quarter of 2021, while Canada’s employment increased by 5.1% (+935,900). Employment in Ontario in the third quarter of 2021 was 0.3% higher than in the same quarter in 2019, prior to the COVID‑19 pandemic.
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5 days ago · A total of 8,068,800 people were employed in Ontario in August. Employment in Canada was little changed in August (22,000 or 0.1%), after little change in July (-2,800 or 0.0%). A total of 20,535,700 people were employed in Canada in August. Chart 1 shows employment in Ontario from January 2015 to August 2024.
- January to December, 2022
In 2022, the unemployment rate in Ontario was 5.6%, above...
- January to December, 2022
- Introduction
- Overview
- Type of Work
- Industry and Occupation
- Regions
- Demographic Groups
- Wages
- Hours Worked
- Unemployment
- Participation Rates
About the Ontario Employment Report – January to December, 2022
The Ontario Employment Report is released four times a year and provides an assessment of the current trends and developments in the Ontario labour market. The Ontario Employment Report is a companion report to the Ontario Economic Accounts, which provides an overall assessment of the current state of the Ontario economy. The report for the fourth quarter of 2022 provides an assessment of Ontario’s labour market for the entire year, comparing annual averages, while the approach used in other...
Methodological note
In the current issue, year-over-year change represents change between 2021 and 2022. Longer-term trends are included for select labour market characteristics and provide historical context. All estimates in the report are based on Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS), which measures the current state of the national, provincial and territorial labour market. The LFS is based on a household survey carried out monthly by Statistics Canada in reference weeks of the month. All estimates...
Employment change by province, 2022
In 2022, Ontario’s employment increased by 4.6% (+338,300), following the largest annual increase on recordfootnote 1in 2021 (+367,400, +5.2%) and a historic decline (-403,300, -5.4%) in 2020. In 2022, employment increased in all provinces. Ontario had the third largest percentage increase in employment (+4.6%), after Prince Edward Island (+5.4%) and Alberta (+5.2%). New Brunswick recorded the smallest percentage increase in employment (+2.8%). In Canada, employment increased by 4.0%.
Ontario’s labour market, 1976-2022
In 2022, the unemployment rate in Ontario was 5.6%, above the Canadian rate (5.3%) and the fifth lowest rate among provinces. In 2022, the annual decrease in the unemployment rate (-2.5 percentage points) was the largest on record after the second largest decline in 2021 (-1.7 percentage points). In 2022, the labour force participation rate in Ontario edged up by 0.2 percentage point to 65.4%, which was the same as the Canadian rate.
Highlights in 2022
1. Employment increased among both part-time and full-time workers. 2. The private sector and public sector experienced employment growth, while self-employment remained relatively unchanged. 3. Employment increased in both the services-producing and goods-producing industries with the largest increase in professional, scientific and technical services, as well as construction. 4. Among broad occupational groups, management occupations and sales and service occupations saw the largest increas...
Employment change by full-time, part-time status, 2022
In 2022, employment in Ontario increased by 4.6%, driven by increases in both full-time (+283,500, +4.7%) and part-time positions (+54,800, +4.2%). Part-time employees experienced disproportionate job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, part-time employment was still 2.0% below its 2019 level, while full-time employment was 5.5% above its 2019 level.
Employment change by employment sector, 2022
The private sector had the largest increase in employment (+250,800, +5.1%), followed by the public sectorfootnote 2(+86,600, +6.1%), while self-employment remained relatively unchanged (+900, +0.1%). In 2022, self-employment was still below its 2019 pre-pandemic level (-60,500, -5.3%), while both private sector and public sector employment exceeded their 2019 levels.
In 2022, employment increased in both goods-producing (+77,300, +5.3%) and services-producing (+261,000, +4.4%) industries.
Employment change by region, 2022
In 2022, all Ontario regions experienced employment growth. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) experienced the largest employment increase (+160,200); however, Central Ontario experienced the greatest percentage increase in employment (+5.2%), followed by Eastern Ontario (+4.8%) and the GTA(+4.5%).
Unemployment rate by region, 2022
In 2022, the unemployment rate decreased in every region. The GTAhad the highest unemployment rate (6.3%) while Eastern Ontario had the lowest unemployment rate (4.4%).
Participation rate by region, 2022
In 2022, the participation rate increased in every region except in the GTA (-0.1 percentage point). The GTAhad the highest participation rate (67.3%), while Northern Ontario had the lowest participation rate (59.0%).
Employment change by age group and gender, 2022
In 2022, employment increased for all age groups and for both females and males. Females experienced slightly greater employment gains (+169,800, +4.8%) compared to males (+168,500, +4.3%). Employment levels increased the most for core-aged workers aged 25 to 54 years (+222,500, +4.6%), while youth aged 15 to 24 years registered the greatest percentage increase in employment (+8.4%).
Employment change by education level, 25 to 54 years, 2022
Among the core-aged population, employment increased among all education levels. Those with a postsecondary certificate or diploma experienced the greatest employment increase (+104,200, +6.5%), followed by university graduates (+92,200, +4.2%). Those with less than a high school credential experienced the greatest percentage increase in employment (+8.0%), offsetting some of the employment losses in 2020 and 2021, but their employment level was still below the 2019 level.
Employment change by immigrant status, 25 to 54 years, 2022
In 2022, those born in Canada and landed immigrants experienced an increase in employment, except for established immigrants (-1.6%). Very recent immigrants recorded the greatest percentage increase in employment (+20.6%), followed by recent immigrants (+7.3%), and those born in Canada (+4.2%). These employment changes were in part driven by the relative changes in the size of these groups. For instance, the population of core-aged very recent immigrants increased by 16.9%, while the populati...
Real hourly wage change by type of work, 2022
In 2022, the average hourly wage of Ontario employees was $32.94 per hour, an increase of 4.2% or a decrease of 2.4% in real termsfootnote 4(after accounting for inflation) since 2021. Real average wages declined for both full-time and part-time workers in 2022, due to a substantial increase in the Consumer Price Index (6.8%). In 2022, real hourly wages of permanent workers decreased by 2.2%, while those of temporary workers decreased by 3.6%. Real hourly wages of both unionized and non-union...
Average hourly wage by occupational group, 2022footnote 5
In 2022, employees in management occupations had the highest average hourly wage ($56.58), followed by natural and applied sciences and related occupations ($43.44) and occupations in education, law and social, community and government services ($38.97). Employees in sales and service occupations had the lowest average hourly wage ($21.53).
Employment change by real hourly wage, 2022footnote 6
In 2022, employment of workers earning less than $20.00 per hour in 2022 dollars increased by 6.2%, while employment of those earning between $20.00 and $39.99 per hour increased by 7.4% and employment of those earning $40.00 per hour or more increased by 1.0%.footnote 7
Total weekly hours worked, 1997-2022
In 2022, total weekly hours workedfootnote 8increased by 4.0% and were 3.5% higher compared to 2019.
Average actual hours worked by worker status, worked in reference week, all jobs, 2020, 2021 and 2022
In 2022, part-time workers worked an average of 18.2 hours per week, almost matching the average hours worked in 2021 and were 0.6 hour higher compared to 2020. Those who worked full-time worked an average of 39.8 hours per work, essentially unchanged from 2021 and was 0.4 hours higher compared to 2020. The average total hours worked by all workers in all jobs remained essentially unchanged in 2022 at 36.1 hours per week.footnote 9
Unemployment rate by province, 2022
In 2022, all provinces experienced a decline in their unemployment rate. Ontario’s unemployment rate declined to 5.6%, 2.5 percentage points lower compared to 2021. Ontario had the fifth lowest unemployment rate among the ten provinces and was 0.3 percentage point above the Canadian rate of 5.3%. Quebec had the lowest unemployment rate (4.3%) and Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest (11.3%).
Unemployment rate by age group, 1997-2022
In 2022, the unemployment rate decreased for youth aged 15 to 25 years (-4.4 percentage points), the core-aged population aged 25 to 54 years (-2.1 percentage points) and the older population aged 55 years and over (-2.8 percentage points). Youth had the highest unemployment rate (11.5%), followed by the older population and the core-aged population (both at 4.6%). The youth unemployment rate in 2022 reached its lowest rate since 1997.
Share of long-term unemployment, 1997-2022
In 2022, long-term unemployment (unemployed for 27 weeks or more) as a share of total unemployment declined from its highest point since 1997 of 28.2% in 2021 to 18.2% in 2022 (-10.0 percentage points). The average duration of unemployment in 2022 was 19.7 weeks, 3.3 weeks lower than the average in 2021 (23.0 weeks).
Participation rate by province, 2022
In 2022, Ontario’s participation rate for people aged 15 years and over was 65.4%, which was unchanged compared to 2021. The participation rate in Ontario was the same as the Canadian average and is ranked fifth out of the ten provinces. While Ontario’s participation rate has been on the decline since 2003, in part due to an aging population, recent increases has brought the rate back to the highest it has been since 2015. In 2022, there were 163,300 people who wanted work but were not part o...
Participation rate by gender, 2022
In 2022, the participation rate of males stayed the same at 69.9%, following the recovery experienced in 2021 and remained 0.1 percentage point below its pre-pandemic rate in 2019. The participation rate of females increased by 0.5 percentage point in 2022 to 61.2%, 0.4 percentage point above its pre-pandemic rate of 2019.
Participation rate by age group, 1997-2022
In 2022, the participation rate of the core-aged population increased by 0.7 percentage point to 87.9%, the highest it has been since 1997. The participation rate of youth increased by 1.9 percentage points to 62.6% and was 0.1 percentage point above its pre-pandemic rate in 2019. However, the participation rate of the older population declined by 1.0 percentage point to 37.9% and was 0.8 percentage point below its pre-pandemic rate in 2019.
In June 2021, Ontario’s employment increased by 1.6% (+116,900), while Canada’s employment increased by 1.2% (+230,700). Ontario’s unemployment rate was 9.0% in the second quarter of 2021, higher than the Canadian rate of 8.0%.
Feb 28, 2024 · Fourteen of the 16 major industries in Ontario saw an increase in employment in 2023. Health care and social assistance recorded the largest increase in employment (37,600 or 4.0 per cent), while wholesale and retail trade saw a decrease in employment (-24,300 or -2.1 per cent).
Across Canada, employment rose by 108,300 (+0.6%) jobs from the previous month, with all provinces experiencing gains. Ontario and Quebec accounted for the most nominal job gains (+42,700; +27,800), while Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador saw the greatest growth (+5.3%; +1.1%).
Get a snapshot of key facts about the state of Ontario's labour market in the past month. Employment in Ontario grew by 22,400 (+0.3%) in July, with gains exclusively in full-time employment (+1.1%; +69,900), and sizable losses in part-time employment (-3.2%; -47,500).
Jan 30, 2023 · 60 per cent of the job vacancies in Ontario required no more than high school education, paying on average less than $20 an hour. Nearly 200,000 jobs required less than one year of experience.
