Canada · 2024–2026
Canadian Layoff Tracker
Aggregating layoffs across Canada from employment standards filings, government notices, SEDAR+ corporate disclosures, union announcements, and verified media reporting
Last updated: July 26, 2026
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Canadian Layoff Trends
This tracker currently covers layoff events from 324 companies, affecting more than 141,340 workers across Canada. Data is sourced from government labour adjustment notices, SEDAR filings, union statements, and verified media reporting.
The technology, financial services, and retail sectors have historically accounted for the largest share of reported layoffs — a pattern consistent with broader North American economic cycles. Ontario and British Columbia, home to the greatest concentration of corporate headquarters, tend to represent the largest share of national layoff volumes.
Stellantis idled its Brampton assembly plant in December 2023 to retool for electric vehicle production, temporarily laying off 3,000 workers. On October 14, 2025, the company announced the planned Jeep Compass electric SUV would be built in Illinois instead, leaving the plant's future uncertain and workers facing potential permanent layoff notices.
CN announced the temporary layoff of 450 employees in Eastern Canada operations due to protest blockades on its rail lines that caused disruptions to over 1,400 trains. The company began recalling most of the temporarily laid off employees as blockades subsided and network operations began to stabilize.
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