The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, along with Parliamentary Secretaries Ginette Lavack and Corey Hogan, will provide an update on the forecast for the 2026 wildfire season. The announcement aims to inform the public about the expected conditions and preparedness measures for the upcoming season.

Prior to the press conference, Government of Canada officials will host an embargoed media technical briefing to discuss the seasonal outlook for wildfires. Journalists attending the briefing will have the opportunity to ask questions on a "for attribution" basis. All information and materials shared during the briefing will remain under embargo until the Ministerial press conference begins at 12:15 p.m. EDT.

The media technical briefing and press conference are scheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2026. The technical briefing will take place at 11:00 a.m. EDT, followed by the press conference at 12:15 p.m. EDT. Both events will be held at the National Press Theatre, located at 180 Wellington Street, Room 325, Ottawa, Ontario.

Participation in both the technical briefing and media availability is available in person and virtually, but is limited to accredited members of the Press Gallery. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact pressres2@parl.gc.ca to request temporary access. Simultaneous translation and audio feed will be provided for media on-site.

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ADP Research, the data-driven research arm of ADP, Inc., will launch a new monthly labour market report in Canada called ADP Canada Pay Insights on September 3, 2026, at 8:15am ET. This recurring data series aims to serve as an independent labour market indicator, providing a robust measure of pay growth trends for job-stayers and job-changers across the Canadian private-sector labour market. The initiative draws on anonymized ADP Canada payroll transaction data representing approximately 1 million workers in Canada to deliver a real-time view of how pay is changing over time.

The report will feature the national median annual pay level and the year-over-year pay growth rate for workers in Canada. It will provide detailed breakouts by firm size, industry, gender, age, and province. ADP Canada Pay Insights will utilize a unique matched sample to track individual, anonymized workers over a 12-month period, enabling a granular analysis of wage changes for different worker categories. The report is distinguished by its use of actual payroll transactions and individual matched employee tracking over time.

Key Worker Categories

ADP Canada Pay Insights distinguishes between two primary worker categories to analyze pay growth trends:

Strategic Importance

"As demographic change and AI advances reshape the Canadian economy, pay can serve as a barometer of labour market health," said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. She noted that the indicator, built on near-real-time payroll data, will track pay growth and worker mobility to gauge the strength and direction of the Canadian labour market.

Jim Lord, president of ADP Canada, highlighted the company's capacity to provide this unique view. "As the payroll provider for 1 in 5 employees in the Canadian markets we serve, ADP Canada has the size and scope of data to provide a unique view of how pay is trending for workers in Canada," Lord said. He emphasized that the report leverages nearly half a century of domain expertise and industry-leading workforce data to empower businesses.

The monthly report will be distributed free of charge as part of ADP Research's commitment to providing labour market insights to businesses, governments, and the public. The inaugural release will be available on September 3, 2026, with subsequent monthly reports to follow.