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11/03/2026

Bank of Canada rate hike locks in flat real wages for most Canadians in 2027

On 28 October 2026, the Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate target by 25 basis points to 2.5% - its first increase since July 2023 after seven consecutive decisions to hold at 2.25%. If your annual pay review is a few months away, the number ...

10/30/2026

9 min

Public Holidays in Canada 2027: Official Dates and Long Weekends

Christmas Day 2027 lands on a Saturday and Boxing Day on a Sunday. For any Monday-to-Friday worker in Canada, what you actually get back for that lost weekend depends entirely on which legal framework governs your employment, and the answers ...

10/27/2026

13 min

Canada minimum wages 2027: PEI confirmed, federal rate still pending

Prince Edward Island's minimum wage will rise to $17.60 an hour on 1 April 2027 , up from $17.30 (+1.73%) - and as of late October 2026, that is the only 2027 rate officially confirmed anywhere in the country. Every other rate, including the ...

10/06/2026

6 min

62% of Canadian workers report chronic conditions, BCHS survey finds

Canadian plan sponsors are operating with a materially inaccurate picture of their workforce's health. Data presented at Benefits Canada's 2026 Toronto Benefits Summit on 25 September shows that sponsors estimated, on average, 37.6% of their ...

10/06/2026

6 min

Five provinces lift minimum wages on 1 October: Canada payroll guide

Five Canadian provinces raised their minimum wage on 1 October 2026, with increases ranging from 25 to 40 cents an hour. Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island all moved on the same date, driven by separate ...

10/05/2026

5 min

Gen Z job-hopping pays off with higher wages, Canadian surveys show

ADP payroll data covering 1.6 million Canadian workers shows that employees who changed employers grew their total compensation, including overtime and bonuses, by 9.6% year-over-year, compared with 4.4% for those who stayed. WTW's 2027 ...

09/28/2026

8 min

AI-ready Canadian graduates command pay premium as entry roles shift

Digital fluency now commands a measurable wage premium across global labour markets, and the signal has arrived squarely in Canada. The Skills That Pay 2026 report, produced jointly by Indeed and the Asian Development Bank, found that advanced ...

09/28/2026

9 min

National Payroll Institute data: Canada's payroll-savings gap reaches 55 points

Nearly half of working Canadians are financially stressed in 2026, and the share spending all or more of their take-home pay each month has climbed sharply to levels not seen in five years. The latest National Payroll Institute survey of roughly ...

08/20/2026

6 min

AI judgment beats tech skills for Canadian hiring managers

You spent the weekend refining prompts, practised generating polished images, and added AI-powered brainstorming to your CV . Then the recruiter asked how you verified the output, and the interview quietly ended . Adobe research focused on the ...

08/20/2026

7 min

Tech training is pushing burnt-out older workers to retire

Research from Memorial University of Newfoundland puts a quantified challenge in front of Canada's HR leadership: the digital upskilling programmes most commonly deployed as retention tools for older workers may, under the wrong conditions, ...

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