Canadians will see wages pick up as immigration slows, Conference Board argues

The Conference Board of Canada expects wage hikes will pick up speed in the coming years as the pace of population growth slows down.The think tank said in a new economic forecast Monday (July 7) that Canada’s labour market has been “resilient” this year despite tariff pressures from the United States.The national unemployment rate ticked up to 7% in May, though the Conference Board noted overall employment is still marginally higher than it was at the end of last year.Cory Ren