Statistics Canada provided the latest numbers for Canada’s labour force and despite the US and Chinese tariffs, Saskatchewan continues to have the strongest labour market in the country, with the lowest unemployment rate of 4.9 per cent, well below the national average of 6.9 per cent. There were 20,500 more jobs added in Saskatchewan year-over-year in June.
“Saskatchewan heads in the second half of 2025 with the strongest labour market in Canada,” Deputy Premier and Immigration and Career Training Minister Jim Reiter said. “Our government is committed to maintaining this continued growth ensuring that Saskatchewan people are prepared for the jobs provided by our strong economy.”
Full-Time employment in June 2025 saw historical highs (aged 15 and over), with 26,000 full-time jobs added:
-Saskatchewan Employment: 636,800
-Saskatchewan Full-Time employment: 533,800
-Off-Reserve Indigenous Employment: 67,900
-Off-Reserve Indigenous Full-Time Employment: 56,500
Year-over-year, full time employment increased 26,300, up 5.2 per cent. Off-reserve Indigenous employment was up 6,300, or 10.2 per cent, for the 12th consecutive month of year-over-year increases. Indigenous youth employment was up 2,200, or 21.8 per cent, for the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year increases. Women employment is up 13,200 which is an increase of 4.6 per cent, and employment for men is up 7,300 an increase of 2.2 per cent.
Comparing June 2024, the provinces two largest cities had impressive year-over-year growth. Saskatoon’s employment rate is up 7,600, an increase of 3.8 per cent. Regina saw employment up 6,400 which is an increase of 4.4 per cent. Regina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 per cent, the fifth lowest among 41 major cities in Canada, and Saskatoon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 per cent, ranked fourth lowest among major cities.
Healthcare and social assistance reported major year-over-year gains up 11,800, an increase of 12.7 per cent. Construction is up 6,500, a 14.5 per cent increase and public administration is up 5,000, an increase of 13.6 per cent.
The province continues to see economic growth in other areas. Year-over-year, Saskatchewan ranked 1st among the provinces for growth in the value of building permits up 31.5 per cent and 2nd amongst the provinces for growth in urban housing starts a significant increase of 211 per cent.
This economic growth is backed by the Government of Saskatchewan’s recently released Building the Workforce for a Growing Economy: The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy, a roadmap to build the workforce needed to support Saskatchewan’s strong and growing economy, and Securing the Next Decade of Growth: Saskatchewan’s Investment Attraction Strategy, a plan to increase investment in the province and to further advancing Saskatchewan’s Growth plan goal of $16 billion in private capital investment annually.
