Structural Changes in Canadian Employment from 1997 to 2022

Brittany Feor () and Michael Willcox
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Brittany Feor: The Conference Board of Canada
Michael Willcox: Deposit Guarantee Corporation of Manitoba

Chapter Chapter 6 in Global Trends in Job Polarisation and Upgrading, 2025, pp 119-152 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses structural changes in employment and real wages in Canada between 1997 and 2022. The European Jobs Monitor (2017) ‘jobs’ approach reveals a long-term pattern of upgrading, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis. There is variation in these patterns within the 25-year period including a shift towards higher quality jobs after the financial crisis and evidence of wage polarization between 2020 and 2022. Employment and wage trends by sector, sex and age were explored. Employment shifted away from manufacturing towards the healthcare and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services and construction sectors since the late 1990s which accelerated after the global financial crisis. The wage gap and difference in employment shares between men and women has narrowed over time, despite recent widening following the pandemic. Canada’s ageing population has resulted in a growing share of mature workers in the labour market and in core-age workers becoming more concentrated in mid-to-high wage jobs.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-76228-4_6

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