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The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...
In 2020, the minimum wage was increased by $1.00 in lieu of indexation. There were early increases of $0.25 on October 1, 2022 and $0.50 on October 1, 2023. Nunavut: 19.00 January 1, 2024 Ontario [20] 17.20: October 1, 2024 Students under age 18 (working during a school break, summer holidays, or 28 hours or less per week while school is in ...
Province Population Tests Per k Cases Per m Deaths Per m Ref. British Columbia: 5,732,328 6,742,090 1,176.2 434,485 75,796 7,726 1,347.8 [1]Alberta: 4,961,065
Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States. The economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories rely heavily on natural resources.
The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Every province except Alberta has implemented either a provincial sales tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax. The federal GST rate is 5 percent, effective January 1, 2008.
In September 2018 approximately 452,900 people were deemed unemployed in Ontario. With an Unemployment rate of roughly 5.9% Ontario is even with the Canada's overall unemployment level. The Unemployment rate is quite stable from month to month with an approximate 0.2% fluctuation. Since 2013 Ontario's Unemployment rate has dropped 2.0%.
COVID-19 in Ontario public schools # Ref Current number of schools with cases: 1,097 [7] Current number of schools closed: N/A (schools currently on Winter break) [7] Cumulative total (total number of cases reported in schools) 27,064 [7] COVID-19 in Ontario daycare centres # Ref Current number of childcare centres with cases: 440 [8]
In 2020, 4.7% of children under 18 were living in poverty, which was a large decrease from the 9.7% child poverty rate in 2019. [7] According to a March 24, 2022 Bloomberg News article on Statistics Canada Canadian Income Survey, 2020 released on March 23, [ 4 ] by data reporter Erik Hertzberg, in 2020, the number of Canadians under 18 who live ...