Canada Job Market 2026: Fields, Cities and Skills
Sent a lot of applications in Canada and heard nothing back? That silence is frustrating, and a lot of it comes from aiming at the wrong fields or cities. As of November 5, 2026, JobRise tracks 55,516 open jobs in Canada, and 46,584 of them (84%) were posted in the last 30 days. The Canada job market in 2026 is fresh, so the job now is to pick the right fields, cities and employers.
What this data covers#
These are jobs JobRise tracks from employer career pages and public job boards. It is not the whole Canadian job market. One source, Job Bank, supplies 66% of the jobs in this report (36,887 listings), so the numbers mostly describe that board. The full report is at /en/reports/hiring/canada/.
JobRise started tracking on October 14, 2026. Jobs that were already open then have no known posting date (1,754 jobs), so they are left out of the new-job counts. Even so, 9,963 jobs (18% of open jobs) were new in the last 7 days.
After Job Bank, the next largest sources are Workday (6,807 listings), Himalayas (3,883), Workable (2,752) and Greenhouse (2,643). Workday and Greenhouse are employer hiring systems, so your resume has to read cleanly to that system before a person sees it. That is why an ATS check is worth running on each application.
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When the new jobs came in#
Daily counts show how fresh the market is. The last full days in the data were 2,280 new jobs (November 2), 2,280 (November 3) and 2,065 (November 4). The last bar, November 5 (41), is a partial day, so it will grow.
The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 15, 2026, with 4,828 new jobs. That spike mostly reflects when JobRise added new job sources, not a day when employers all posted at once, so do not read it as the busiest day for hiring. Daily counts also include only jobs that are still open, so older days look smaller than they were.
Canada job market 2026 by field#
Hospitality is the biggest category with 5,215 open jobs (9.4%). Healthcare (8.2%) and skilled trades (7.5%) come next, with sales close behind at 7.3%.
| Category | Open jobs | Share of open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 5,215 | 9.4% |
| Healthcare | 4,554 | 8.2% |
| Skilled trades | 4,188 | 7.5% |
| Sales | 4,059 | 7.3% |
| Operations | 3,539 | 6.4% |
| Software | 3,022 | 5.4% |
| Logistics | 2,588 | 4.7% |
| Finance | 2,424 | 4.4% |
| Admin | 1,975 | 3.6% |
| Manufacturing | 1,703 | 3.1% |
Two notes on that table. Categories come from job titles and departments using keyword rules, so a category is a best guess from the wording. Also, 10,821 jobs (19%) sit in "Other" because the rules could not classify them. That is not a field, so it is not in the table.
If you work in software, the honest read is that software is 3,022 jobs, about 5.4% of the market. Tech roles exist, but this is not a tech-heavy market. A tech skill next to a field with more openings, such as operations, sales or finance, may get you more interviews than a pure tech profile.
Canada job market 2026 by city and employer#
Toronto has the most openings, with 4,093 jobs (7.4%). Montréal is second at 1,962 (3.5%), followed by Calgary (2.9%) and Vancouver (2.8%).
| City | Open jobs | Share of open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 4,093 | 7.4% |
| Montréal | 1,962 | 3.5% |
| Calgary | 1,620 | 2.9% |
| Vancouver | 1,569 | 2.8% |
| Edmonton | 1,287 | 2.3% |
| Mississauga | 1,132 | 2% |
Québec is in the top seven cities too, and several top employers post in French. Desjardins and TEHORA both list many roles in French. Check the language line on every posting before you spend time on a cover letter.
Walmart is the biggest single employer, with 1,114 open jobs (2%). TD (857), the Saskatchewan Health Authority (660) and Rogers (577) follow. The top 15 employers together hold 11% of all open jobs, so the market is spread across many employers.
| Employer | Open jobs | Share of open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Walmart | 1,114 | 2% |
| TD | 857 | 1.5% |
| Saskatchewan Health Authority | 660 | 1.2% |
| Rogers | 577 | 1% |
| TEHORA | 522 | 0.9% |
| BMO | 346 | 0.6% |
| Desjardins | 256 | 0.5% |
Health employers post a lot of front-line roles. The Saskatchewan Health Authority lists Licensed Nursing Assistant and Food Service Worker jobs, which shows that healthcare openings are not only for doctors and nurses.
The top employers cover very different sectors. Financial firms (TD, BMO, Desjardins and Manulife), telecoms (Rogers), retail and food (Walmart, Tim Hortons and JOEY Restaurants), health authorities (the Saskatchewan Health Authority and NL Health Services) and tech (Huawei Technologies Canada) all sit in the top 15. If you have worked in one of these sectors, start with those employers' roles, since your experience reads as a direct match.
Remote work is a smaller slice. Of the 15,746 jobs from sources that mark remote work, 32% are remote (5,114 jobs). Those remote roles are limited to applicants in Canada, but read each posting's location rules before you apply. Workday is one of the biggest sources that marks remote roles, with 6,807 listings. If your resume goes through Workday, read how to optimize your resume for Workday ATS.
Skills Canadian employers ask for in 2026#
Skills are ranked by how many different companies name them, so one employer's copied text cannot push a skill to the top. The 30-day change compares the skill's share of jobs posted in the last 30 days with its share in the 30 days before.
| Skill | Companies | Open jobs | 30-day change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer service | 753 | 1,806 | -71% |
| CRM | 549 | 1,036 | -79% |
| Python | 509 | 1,419 | -85% |
| AWS | 445 | 1,157 | -85% |
| Project management | 434 | 1,465 | -85% |
| Excel | 423 | 993 | -82% |
| SQL | 394 | 980 | -84% |
| CI/CD | 385 | 946 | -85% |
| Salesforce | 385 | 826 | -79% |
| Procurement | 371 | 701 | -77% |
Most of the top skills show big drops in the 30-day change. The report marks no skill as rising and does not explain the drops, so use the company counts to plan and treat the trend column with caution.
The skills look different inside each field:
- Software: AWS (311 companies), CI/CD (311), Python (301), TypeScript (236) and React (214).
- Sales: CRM (282 companies, 9.9% of sales jobs), Salesforce (212) and Prospecting (207).
- Skilled trades: HVAC (170 companies, 4.5% of trades jobs), CNC (66) and Refrigeration (57).
- Data and AI: Python (219 companies, 35% of data and AI jobs), Machine learning (200) and Large language models (177).
- Customer support: Customer service (429 companies, 55% of customer support jobs) and CRM (66).
In healthcare, the top named skill is English (43 companies), followed by Patient care (37). Python shows up in both software and data and AI, so one strong skill can cover two fields.
What to do this week#
- Pick two or three fields, not ten. Hospitality, healthcare, skilled trades and sales have the most openings. If you come from software, focus on the cities and employers in the tables above.
- Match the words on the posting. If a posting names CRM, Salesforce, Excel or Python, use that exact term where it is true. Run one posting through the free ATS check and read how to tailor your resume for each job.
- Check the language line. Find the exact French or English requirement before you apply, and skip roles where your language level does not match.
- Pick a city, then open the posting. Browse live listings at /en/jobs/in/canada/, then check who the real employer is and where the job is based.
- Decode the hard postings. If a posting uses terms you do not know, paste it into the job description decoder before you decide.
- Apply in small batches with a short note. Write each cover letter with the cover letter tool, and send a short message to a recruiter using the cold email guide. Tailored applications usually beat copy-paste ones.
- Start with the newest listings. 9,963 jobs were posted in the last 7 days, so check those first each day, then work back through the rest.
Skills by field for Canada are on one page at /en/skills/canada/.
What this data cannot tell you#
The data does not include salaries, work permit or visa rules, or how many people applied to each job. It also cannot confirm that every posting is still filling roles. Read each posting for pay and location, and check official Canadian government sources before you plan a move or give up a job. The data can still help you decide which fields, cities and skills to target.
Also treat the categories as a starting point. They come from keyword rules, so a role can land in a field that does not quite match its real work. Read the job description, not only the category label, before you decide a posting is a fit.
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