The month of September may just have been the first one this year where Saskatchewan’s job picture could be called stable.
The monthly Labor Force Survey which is also known as the jobs report has been anything but stable for this province in 2026 as it featured significant swings – as much as 6,000 positions a month – in both directions. But September’s report showed almost no change. The working age population rose but the workforce contracted, according to this report, which means we have more people in the province but fewer of them seeking employment.
But of those who did put their resumes, about 300 addition slots were added to provincial payrolls. There were even higher gains in the full-time category. It went up by 1,200 positions, taking up all the new entrants plus 900 who were converted from part-time to full-time.
This is in sharp contrast to the national picture where we lost 68,000 jobs. Quebec, Ontario and B.C. accounted for virtually all of that decline as the impact of U.S. tariffs is being felt in the manufacturing and forestry sectors.
— For more than 50 years, Paul Martin has specialized in coverage of the business and political scenes. His career has spanned radio, television and print and electronic media.
