Ontario

General Motors laid off more than 1,000 employees at its CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario due to the end of BrightDrop electric-vehicle production, with an additional 500 employees affected at the Oshawa Assembly plant. The Conservative Party is calling on the federal government to reduce withholding taxes on severance packages for the affected workers.

OpenText, a Waterloo-based technology company, has reportedly eliminated a significant number of jobs in March 2026 as part of what some employees describe as a recurring annual practice. The layoffs represent approximately 5% of the workforce and are characterized as part of a 'yearly spring cleaning' business optimization effort.

The Toronto District School Board is cutting almost 800 positions including more than 200 teachers who have received surplus notices. The layoffs include support staff such as lunchroom supervisors, educational assistants, designated early childhood educators, and clerical staff, along with previously announced cuts to vice-principals and centrally assigned staff.

For departments outside the core public service, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has told CTV News Ottawa 587 positions will be cut in its department.

Fanshawe College is implementing a full-time reduction target of 500 positions and has permanently suspended 59 programs. The college is dealing with an $11-million in-year deficit resulting from an 86 percent reduction in international students following federal enrolment caps.

General Motors laid off 500 workers from its Oshawa plant this year, with approximately 1,200 additional layoffs across feeder plants in the auto industry. The layoffs have contributed to Oshawa's shrinking auto sector and high unemployment rate of 7.9 percent.

In May 2025, CIBC eliminated more than 500 positions at its credit card call centre in Toronto as part of an operational restructuring. The cuts were tied to efforts to streamline operations and improve efficiency within the bank’s credit card services division.

Global Affairs Canada is eliminating 483 positions as part of a government-wide workforce adjustment, affecting 3,295 of its 7,657 employees. The department is targeting $1.12 billion in annual savings through 2028-29, prioritizing voluntary departures and natural attrition.

Magna International announced layoffs of approximately 400 workers at its Formet Industries factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, representing about one quarter of the plant's 1,600-person workforce. The layoffs are a result of declining sales of full-size trucks and sport utility vehicles as the downturn works through from automakers to suppliers.

The Ottawa Hospital announced plans to eliminate 400 jobs across its three campuses as a regional trauma centre. The cuts are attributed to inadequate provincial funding despite the hospital having operated with a surplus the previous year.

The Ottawa Hospital announced a 3% workforce reduction affecting management, non-union, support, executive, nursing and other health-care positions across its 13,281-employee organization. The hospital estimates more than 100 front-line staff, mainly nurses and personal support workers, will be affected based on union discussions.

Conestoga College completed a layoff round in March 2026 affecting nearly 400 full-time employees, with 181 faculty members and 197 support staff either leaving or transitioning to part-time work. The union president indicated this was devastating for affected employees and suggested additional job cuts may follow.

Conestoga College cut nearly 400 full-time staff positions in March 2026, including 181 faculty members and 197 support staff who either left the college or were forced into part-time roles. This represents one of the largest Ontario college layoffs on record.

The Canada Border Services Agency is reducing its workforce by 348 employees and has sent notices of potential layoffs to 708 people, with cuts exclusively affecting national headquarters branches. The job cuts are in response to a 2% budget reduction of approximately $52 million and are part of the federal government's broader effort to reduce its workforce by 16,000 full-time equivalent positions over the next three years.

The Peel District School Board has declared more than 300 permanent teachers surplus for the next year, consisting of 159 secondary teachers and 172 elementary teachers. This is part of budget adjustments across Ontario school boards facing declining enrolment.

Peel District School Board issued layoff notices affecting 331 permanent teachers (159 secondary and 172 elementary) effective August 31, 2026, citing declining enrollment and budget constraints. The layoffs were announced after the Ontario government took over the board's operations in January 2026 and rejected the board's request to use $1-2 million from its $130 million reserves to prevent the job cuts.

The Toronto District School Board announced it will lay off 218 central administration staff and eliminate an additional 91 vacant positions. The cuts are intended to modernize central administration and keep resources in schools and classrooms amid years of declining enrolment.

The Department of Justice is cutting approximately 73 employees from its Indigenous rights and relations unit, representing more than one-fifth of the 328 at-risk positions across the entire department. The Treasury Board's latest numbers show the Justice Department plans to cut 197 employees and 37 executives.

LHSC announced it will eliminate 212 registered nursing jobs over the next three to five years through attrition as part of post-pandemic staff rightsizing. The hospital will simultaneously hire 108 registered practical nurses to offset some of these cuts.

London Health Sciences Centre is eliminating more than 212 registered nursing (RN) positions over the next three to five years as part of a restructuring process to align staffing levels with other Ontario hospitals. The cuts will occur through attrition via voluntary resignations and retirements, while the hospital simultaneously hires 108 registered practical nurses (RPNs) during the same period.