Young Canadians face the longest unemployment spells since the early 1980s, study finds

Young jobless Canadians face the longest job searches in decades, according to a C.D. Howe Institute study by economists Parisa Mahboubi and Tammy Schirle. Among jobless men aged 20 to 24, 27 per cent have been out of work six months or more, the highest share since 1983. For women that age, it is 28 per cent, the highest since at least 1976. Unemployed young university graduates fared no better this year than those with high school or less. The authors cite weak hiring, U.S. tariff uncertainty and remote work, but found little evidence that AI is displacing young workers.