Canadian employment services revenue fell 1.3% in 2025
Revenue slipped to C$23.9 billion as the operating profit margin narrowed to 3.8%.
Event / data period: 2025
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Statistics Canada reported October 19 that operating revenue in Canada’s employment services industry group fell 1.3% in 2025 to C$23.9 billion, the second consecutive annual decline. The group includes employment placement and executive search agencies, temporary help services and professional employer organizations. Operating expenses declined 0.8% to C$23.0 billion, and the operating profit margin narrowed to 3.8% from 4.3% in 2024.
The decline was concentrated in Quebec, where revenue fell C$538 million, or 12.8%; gains in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan partly offset it. Businesses accounted for 81.7% of sales, while the public-sector share fell to 12.0%. These are industry survey estimates; data for 2023 and 2024 were revised.
Data
Canada employment services industry, 2025
2025 operating revenue, expenses and operating profit margin for Canada’s employment services industry group.
- Operating revenue
- 23.9 billion CAD
- 2025 · Observed
- Operating expenses
- 23 billion CAD
- 2025 · Observed
- Operating profit margin
- 3.8 %
- 2025 · Observed
Methodology
Statistics Canada industry survey. Canadian national total in current Canadian dollars; revenue and expenses are annual flows, and margin is operating profit as a share of revenue. 2023–2024 data were revised with this release.
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