Dec 15 – Dec 21, 2025

Algoma Steel is laying off 1,000 workers at its Sault Ste. Marie facility in March 2026. The United Steelworkers Union and Canadian Skills Training and Employment Coalition have launched the POWER Action Centre to provide employment support, training advice, and peer-to-peer assistance to affected employees.

Over 200 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) working at Natural Resources Canada received notices of potential job loss as part of federal budget cuts. The layoffs are expected to impact critical programs including the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), which tracks wildfires, floods, and other geohazards, as well as forest pathologist positions.

Conestoga College laid off 181 full-time faculty positions effective March 16, 2026, with the majority of cuts (143 employees) occurring at the Kitchener Doon campus. The layoffs are attributed to financial troubles resulting from a significant drop in international student enrollment, following a 20,000 student decline after federal international student caps were implemented.