Canada's AI-skill job postings doubled to 129,000 as under-30 coders stagnate
RichardsonDx · x · 2026-10-13
The author lays out how AI is reshaping Canada's job market:
- Postings requiring AI skills jumped from 60,000 (1.6%) in 2024 to 129,000 (3.5%) in 2025;
- AI-user roles grew by 62,000;
- In coding occupations, under-30 employment has stagnated since late 2022 while ages 30-49 keep growing — firms retain the senior who directs AI and stop hiring the junior whose tasks AI now handles, the "entry-level squeeze."
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