Canadian Layoff Tracker

Rogers Communications is offering buyouts to thousands of employees as part of cost-tightening measures. The company is using voluntary buyout packages to reduce its workforce. According to Rogers: 1) The offer is to 1/2 of the 25,000 total number of employees. Not 25,000. 2) Employees will not be forced to leave - optional program. 3) It's in response to reduced profitability across the telecom industry.

Lakeridge Health in Oshawa has cut approximately 40 jobs over the past year, including three full-time dietary aide positions that were not replaced last month. The layoffs have resulted in worsening working conditions, staff shortages, and increased workload for remaining employees at the healthcare facility.

Coast Wholesale Appliances Inc., a national appliance retailer with 300 employees across 17 showrooms and 9 distribution centres, has filed for creditor protection under the Creditors Arrangement Act. Staff at locations including the Kelowna store are being laid off as the company faces liquidation.

Northwest Territories school boards are warning of major layoffs affecting between 250 and 350 support workers across 49 N.W.T. schools due to the loss of $58 million in federal funding previously provided through Jordan's Principle. The cuts will impact education assistants, counsellors, social-emotional coaches, and cultural programming staff, with jobs predominantly held by Indigenous women outside of Yellowknife.

London Health Sciences Centre is cutting nursing positions to align staffing levels with peer hospitals, with cuts totaling more than 200 positions. The reductions will occur through attrition over three years.

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance announced it will cut 49 positions, with half coming from reducing its float staff pool. The cuts will largely be accomplished through not filling vacancies.

The RCMP plans to eliminate 63 employees and 13 executive positions at its national headquarters in Ottawa as part of the federal government's comprehensive expenditure review. Front-line RCMP officers and specialized civilian members hired under the RCMP Act are not eligible for the early retirement incentive program.

The CBSA plans to reduce its workforce by 330 employees and 18 executives through the federal comprehensive expenditure review. Front-line officers at the border and in operational roles are not eligible for the early retirement incentive program.

Browns Bay Packing laid off more than 70 full-time employees as farmed salmon volumes fell due to federal aquaculture policy uncertainty. The company was also forced to cancel plans for a new seafood processing facility with local First Nations.

Agropur announced the closure of its dairy plant near Sussex, New Brunswick, with 60 job losses expected by the end of 2028. An additional 30 jobs will be lost at the company's ingredients plant in Truro, Nova Scotia, as part of a consolidation and modernization project.

A Vancouver Park Board manager who successfully transformed a concession stand into a lively destination patio was laid off. The specific reasons for the layoff are not detailed in the available information.

The NWT Teachers' Association reported that 13 teachers have been laid off in Inuvik. The layoffs affect families in the community, as described by parent Zoila Castillo.

Yahoo Finance Canada ceased operations, resulting in the layoff of the entire Canadian finance team. The Canadian team was an extension of Yahoo Finance's U.S. finance team and had been operating since 2018.

CPAC announced layoffs and cancellation of flagship programs including PrimeTime Politics and L'Essentiel due to accelerating revenue declines and subscriber erosion. The not-for-profit parliamentary affairs channel, funded by cable providers including Rogers, Videotron, Cogeco, Eastlink, and Access Communications, cited volatile conditions in the broadcasting landscape.

Prairie Harm Reduction, which operated Saskatoon's only supervised drug consumption site and provided support services to people living with addictions, closed entirely earlier in April 2026, resulting in more than 100 workers being laid off. The closure has led to increased pressure on emergency services and hospitals dealing with overdose-related calls.

The Hay River Public Library will close as of May 1, 2026, 'until further notice,' resulting in the layoff of library staff including one full-time librarian and seven part-time or casual employees. The closure follows the dissolution of the Hay River Library Committee, which oversees local library services, due to changes in territorial funding for the head librarian position.

13 teachers at East Three elementary and secondary schools in Inuvik have been laid off due to dried-up funding from Jordan's Principle. The school division is also eliminating its French immersion program next year.

Bird Canada temporarily paused e-scooter and e-bike rental operations in Windsor due to contract expiration and timing issues with the city agreement. The company temporarily laid off just over half of its 20 Windsor staff members during the service pause.

The N.W.T. territorial government laid off 13 teachers in Inuvik, affecting East Three elementary and secondary schools. The layoffs will take effect at the end of the 2025-2026 school year and are expected to impact student resources, supports, and programming.

GeoComply, a Vancouver-headquartered gaming cybersecurity company, announced it is cutting 15% of its workforce (68 employees out of 450 total). The company frames the layoffs as a strategic evolution aimed at streamlining operations and incorporating AI to improve efficiencies.