Guelph Employment Trends

The unemployment rate in Guelph was 5.5% as of April 2025, down 0.9% from the previous month. The unemployment rate stood 9.7% below the peak from June 2020 and is below the long-run average.

There were 700 fewer full-time jobs in April 2025 compared to a month earlier. Combined with an unchanged number of part-time positions, this led to a decrease of 700 total jobs in April.

Full-time employment was still down 11,400 jobs from the peak in January 2024.

* All figures are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Seasonal adjustment removes normal seasonal fluctuations.

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