In this study we review the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian labour market. We focus on changes in employment and aggregate hours worked between February 2020 and April 2020, while accounting for normal monthly changes in these indicators. We find that COVID-19 induced a...

We explore recent trends in the labour force participation rates of men aged 55-69 in Canada. Following steady declines in participation until the mid-1990s, the participation rates of older men have increased substantially and have reached historically high rates among those aged 65-69. We...