Canada · 2024–2026
Canadian Layoff Tracker
Aggregating layoffs across Canada from employment standards filings, government notices, SEDAR+ corporate disclosures, union announcements, and verified media reporting
Last updated: August 10, 2026
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This tracker currently covers layoff events from 325 companies, affecting more than 141,341 workers across Canada. Data is sourced from government labour adjustment notices, SEDAR filings, union statements, and verified media reporting.
The technology, financial services, and retail sectors have historically accounted for the largest share of reported layoffs — a pattern consistent with broader North American economic cycles. Ontario and British Columbia, home to the greatest concentration of corporate headquarters, tend to represent the largest share of national layoff volumes.
Stellantis laid off 3,200 workers at its Brampton Assembly plant in Ontario after pausing a retooling plan in February 2025 and subsequently moving production of the new electric Jeep Compass to the United States. The decision, announced October 14, 2025, was attributed to U.S. tariff pressure and trade agreement compliance issues, leaving thousands of Canadian families facing financial instability.
Stellantis idled its Brampton assembly plant in December 2023 to retool for electric vehicle production, temporarily laying off 3,000 workers. On October 14, 2025, the company announced the planned Jeep Compass electric SUV would be built in Illinois instead, leaving the plant's future uncertain and workers facing potential permanent layoff notices.
CN announced the temporary layoff of 450 employees in Eastern Canada operations due to protest blockades on its rail lines that caused disruptions to over 1,400 trains. The company began recalling most of the temporarily laid off employees as blockades subsided and network operations began to stabilize.
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