Canada’s Youth Employment in Decline, Falling 16 Percent in Three Decades

Published on June 27, 2024

Young Canadians are working significantly fewer hours today than they did 35 years ago, leading to lacklustre employment levels for those under the age of 24, a new study has found. The median number of weekly hours worked by young Canadians has declined 16.3 percent since 1989, according to a report from the Fraser Institute. Youth employment rates for those aged 15 to 24 not only remain below 1980s levels, they have remained well below those of the entire labour force, the study said. “If governments want to avoid the possible lasting harms from the recent spike in Canada’s youth unemployment rate, they should help improve the labour market environment for young Canadians,” Fraser Institute senior fellow Ben Eisen said in a June 27 press release....

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