Technology

EA has laid off developers across all four Battlefield Studios teams, including the Montreal-based Motive studio, despite Battlefield 6 being the best-selling game of 2025. The exact number of affected employees at each studio remains unclear, though EA stated the changes were made to better align teams around community priorities.

Lightspeed Commerce has significantly reduced headcount in its customer support team after AI resolved over 80 percent of inbound chat interactions. The company boosted overall gross margins through this AI-driven workforce reduction.

Loopio is reportedly cutting 30 positions in March 2026 as part of a restructuring effort. The specific details regarding affected provinces, cities, and percentage of workforce are not available from the title alone.

Vendasta has confirmed layoffs at its Saskatoon office, cutting 20 employees, roughly 3% of its workforce. Most affected roles were in content creation. The company attributed the reductions to shifts in the software market driven by artificial intelligence.

Ubisoft is laying off 40 employees at its Toronto studio as part of a broader cost-saving initiative.

In February 2026, Netflix announced the layoff of “several dozen” employees in its global product division as part of an internal restructuring following a leadership shift. The cuts primarily affected middle management and administrative roles, with fewer than 1% of the division’s roughly 6,000 employees impacted. No senior executives were reported to have been let go. The layoffs coincide with the promotion of Elizabeth Stone to Chief Product and Technology Officer. It remains unclear whether any Canadian staff were affected by this round of job cuts.

AWS confirmed that employees in the United States and Canada were notified of layoffs on January 28, 2026, as part of Amazon's broader 16,000 employee reduction. AWS declined to disclose the specific number of Canadian employees affected, roles impacted, or business segments involved in the restructuring. It remains unclear how many Canadian staff were affected by this round of job cuts.

Shopify Inc. announced layoffs to keep its team 'fast, sharp and focused.' The specific number of employees affected was not disclosed in the announcement. Spokesperson Ben McConaghy would not provide a number of workers losing their jobs but says in an email to The Canadian Press that the cuts impact a “fraction of a per cent” of Shopify’s team. Financial markets firm LSEG Data & Analytics counted 8,100 Shopify employees as of December 2024. One per cent of that figure amounts to about 81 staff.

Amazon announced plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs globally, with employees in Canada receiving layoff notifications as part of broader cost-reduction efforts related to AI advancement. The cuts primarily affected managers at levels five to seven across retail, e-commerce, human resources, logistics, and other business divisions.

Klue Labs CEO Jason Smith announced layoffs of 85 employees (40% of workforce) in June 2025 as part of a strategic shift to integrate generative AI into all operations and improve competitiveness. The company offered voluntary buyout packages while also conducting involuntary layoffs across all departments, with the expectation that remaining employees would embrace AI tools.