Open Nshipyard data story · Late 2026 · Chart 3 of 7
Graphic designers fell 74%. Product design still has no count
Graphic designer vacancies 2,995 to 770. Graphic designer vacancies fell from 2,995 in Q2 2022 to 770 in Q2 2026, down 74.3%. Canada now has a count for graphic designers, but not for product designers. Job Bank rates the software outlook as Very limited in Toronto and in Ontario.
Sources: Job Bank, outlooks 2025-2027; Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0444-01, WDS direct pull Nov 11, 2026, unadjusted.
Chart 3 of 7 from The State of the tech job market in Canada (Late 2026), an Open Nshipyard data story. Figures come from public sources, cited with dates; private sources are labelled private.