{"id":1152,"date":"2021-06-04T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/2021\/06\/04\/rebuilding-canadas-labour-market-the-inclusive-recovery-imperative\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T04:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:54:44","slug":"rebuilding-canadas-labour-market-the-inclusive-recovery-imperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/rebuilding-canadas-labour-market-the-inclusive-recovery-imperative\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilding Canada&#8217;s labour market: The inclusive recovery imperative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many jobs lost in the pandemic will be recovered relatively quickly as vaccinations ramp up and the Canadian economy re-opens. But for visible minorities and women\u2014groups whose employment was among those hit hardest by the pandemic\u2014a return to labour markets considered &#8216;normal&#8217; prior to the crisis won&#8217;t be good enough.<\/p>\n<p>As we steer closer to the end of this recession, it\u2019s worth remembering that for these groups, a revival of the status quo will mean once again coping with longstanding employment and wage gaps that placed them at a distinct disadvantage. Closing these gaps would not only address ongoing inequities in the job market but would open powerful economic opportunities for Canada. For instance, finding ways to better engage the skills of visible minority workers could boost GDP by close to $30 billion per year.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-SVo0p3Bm3\" class=\"highcharts-SVo0p3Bm3\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/SVo0p3Bm3\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>Long-run structural labour market gaps to reappear<\/h4>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-pFpzwhjvq\" class=\"highcharts-pFpzwhjvq\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/pFpzwhjvq\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In many cases, those hit hardest by the pandemic job downturn in Canada were already struggling. The unemployment rates for some groups have long exceeded the rest of the population, and remained above national levels even when the economy was thriving. Indeed, since 2001, the jobless rate for visible minorities has exceeded that of non-visible minorities by an average 2% annually. This gap grew even wider during the crisis\u2014with the unemployment rate hitting 16.3% in July for visible minorities compared to 9.3% for non-visible minorities. This is in part because visible minorities are over-represented in hospitality and other industries, that are among the hardest hit sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-jOMqVQed9\" class=\"highcharts-jOMqVQed9\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/jOMqVQed9\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-3j71zv4kP\" class=\"highcharts-3j71zv4kP\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/3j71zv4kP\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What\u2019s more, visible minority Canadians have historically underperformed in the labour force \u2014a pattern that translated into a total earnings gap of more than 15% in 2016. There is, of course, diversity among groups. Recent data shows that Chinese Canadians take home comparable wages to the non-visible minority population, although unemployment in this group is more than 2.5% higher in 2021. And in recent months, fewer Filipino Canadians were unemployed than non-visible minority Canadians, though this group, on average, earns sharply lower wages (as little as 76c\/$1). The impact of labour market underperformance among visible minorities is significant. More than 25% of Southeast Asian workers earn low wages. And nearly half of all Latin American workers have trouble meeting their financial obligations. <\/p>\n<p>Labour force participation among women remains persistently below that of men. This is one of the key inequities that the newly-announced federal childcare program is meant to address. But participation among visible minority women is even lower, running more than 0.5 percentage points below that of women at-large since the pandemic began. And even before the crisis, the unemployment rate for female visible minorities was over 3% higher than that of the broader female population. Government income supports for those losing work during the pandemic have been significant, but that aid is set to wind down later this year. At that point, there will be fewer guardrails in place to support these women that have historically been at a disadvantage. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-pBll1hLjQ\" class=\"highcharts-pBll1hLjQ\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/pBll1hLjQ\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>There are substantial economic benefits to reducing structural labour market gaps <\/h4>\n<p>Canada stands to gain significantly if it can engage the skills of these groups. For instance, ensuring that the skills of visible minority workers are re-aligned to their most productive means\u2014essentially better utilizing Canada\u2019 available supply of labour\u2014would lift GDP by nearly $30 billion per year. Making that shift won\u2019t be easy, however. Much of the potential economic gain depends on closing a substantial wage gap that has affected many highly-skilled visible minorities and women. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-X26oqfA0E\" class=\"highcharts-X26oqfA0E\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/X26oqfA0E\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Canada\u2019s future labour force will be increasingly diverse. Over a million visible minority youth will hit working age over the next decade. Immigration is also accounting for a rising share of expected Canadian population growth. In 2016, 22% of Canadians identified as a visible minority. By 2036, 34.7% to 39.9% of working Canadians will belong to the visible minority community, according to Statistics Canada. Improving labour market outcomes for these groups will require finding new ways to recognize, and ultimately reward, the credentials of recent immigrants.<\/p>\n<h4>Engaging workers at the margins will hedge against an aging workforce <\/h4>\n<p><p>Baby boomers continue to retire in ever-greater numbers, putting a strain on labour supply. Difficulty finding workers has long been a problem for Canadian companies, and will continue to be post-pandemic. Amid such a pronounced demographic shift, it is imperative to attract new workers, but also to more effectively utilize the workers we have. The underutilized talent pool of visible minority Canadians can help bolster Canada&#8217;s ageing workforce. It can also give Canada a skills advantage since many of these workers are university educated.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-nwUCfWFgQ\" class=\"highcharts-nwUCfWFgQ\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/nwUCfWFgQ\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>We can rebuild a better, more inclusive Canadian labour market <\/h4>\n<p>As Canada rebuilds its economy, it has an opportunity to re-envision its labour market and make a deliberate effort to close gaps that have put many Canadians at a disadvantage. The challenge for policymakers will be to ensure that the right infrastructure is in place to recognize skills and credentials and to encourage dislocated female and visible minority workers to rejoin the labour force. For women, the issue is even more pronounced, given the overarching needs of balancing work, child\/elder care and other domestic responsibilities. <\/p>\n<p>The crisis has opened a unique opportunity for Canada to address these longstanding shortcomings in our job market. Failing to seize it, will mean missing out on a sizeable economic opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e4f0f8; padding: 25px\">\n<p><b>Disparities vary by region<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, despite the fact that Atlantic Canada has the smallest visible minority population, it&#8217;s the only region where the unemployment rate for this group is comparable with non-visible minorities. By contrast, Central Canada is home to some of the largest unemployment rate gaps in Canada. In Quebec and Ontario the unemployment rates for members of the visible minority community are 4.8% and 5.3% higher respectively.The success of Atlantic Canada likely stems from its approach to immigration (the Atlantic Immigration Pilot) which makes it easy for employers to draw from a pool of talent (whether in Canada or abroad). However, nearly half (45%) of the international immigration flows last year were concentrated in Ontario. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-Sis74fgyP\" class=\"highcharts-Sis74fgyP\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/Sis74fgyP\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><div id=\"highcharts-366gX5T1W\" class=\"highcharts-366gX5T1W\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/366gX5T1W\/\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"rds-callout-white\" style=\"border: 1px solid #c4c8cc;\">\n<div class=\"rds-gcw\">\n<div style=\"display:inline-block; vertical-align: top;\" class=\"img w-mob-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/econ-download-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"177\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30186\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rds-inline pad-hlf\" style=\"display:inline-block; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h4 class=\"mar-t\">Download report PDF<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"btn tertiary\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Rebuilding-Canadas-labour-market.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dig-id=\"TNL_092\" data-dig-category=\"TNL Economics\" data-dig-action=\"mid-funnel click\" data-dig-label=\"Rebuilding Canada's labour market: The inclusive recovery imperative PDF\">Download<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Rannella Billy-Ochieng\u2019is an economist at RBC. 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