# Canada’s Employee Wage Growth Slows to 2.0% in October From 2.3% in September

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-11-08T08:58:43.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-08T08:58:43.000Z
Section: Investing

> Annual wage growth was 0.3 percentage point slower than in September.

Canadian employees’ average hourly wages rose 2.0% year over year in October, down from 2.3% in September, marking a slight easing in a key labor-market measure.

The slowdown from September was 0.3 percentage point.