Between September 2024 and September 2025, overall employment in the Toronto CMA rose modestly by about 18,000 jobs, or 0.5 percent. Growth was driven mainly by consumer-facing sectors. Accommodation and Food Services showed the strongest increase, adding roughly 13,500 positions
September JobsTO Labour Lowdown
Jobs Decline Led by Retail and Construction Toronto’s unemployment rate continued to trend higher in August reaching 8.8 per cent. Our unemployment rate compares unfavourably to the national average of 6.6 percent. Indeed, across Canada, only Windsor and Edmonton had