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54,000 job applicants vs. 5,000 job openings
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1:43Now PlayingExcluding the pandemic, Canadian graduates between the ages of 15 and 24 are facing the highest unemployment rate Canada has seen since the mid-1990s, data from Statistics Canada shows.
It’s leading to a competitive summer job market at places like the Canadian National Exhibition where applicants outnumber openings 10 to one.
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