Nearly 40 percent of Canadian youth say unemployment is their top concern, according to a new poll.
The survey was conducted by the Angus Reid Institute. It found that nearly two in five of those between 18 years and 24 years (37 percent) said jobs and unemployment was the top issue facing the country.
That is up 9 percentage points from June (28 percent) and nearly double from Decemeber 2024 (18 percent).
The poll results come after a rough summer for young job seekers. Unemployment for those aged 15 to 24 years was at 17.5 percent in July, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. That was the highest rate for the month of July since 2009, excluding 2020 during the COVID pandemic….