Guelph Employment Trends
The unemployment rate in Guelph was 5.8% as of June 2025, up 0.9% from the previous month. The unemployment rate stood 9.4% below the peak from June 2020 but remains above the long-run average.
There were 200 fewer full-time jobs in June 2025 compared to a month earlier. Combined with a loss of 1,300 part-time positions, this led to a decrease of 1,500 total jobs in June.
Full-time employment was still down 10,100 jobs from the peak in January 2024 but stood 900 jobs above the trough in April 2025.
* All figures are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Seasonal adjustment removes normal seasonal fluctuations.
