Understanding the Influence of AI on Employment—January 2026

Understanding the Influence of AI on Employment—January 2026

Canadian Economic Analysis Technology and Innovation Analysis
Pages:18 pages28 min read

Author: The Conference Board of Canada

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This issue briefing uses a new framework to estimate the exposure of different job tasks to new technologies such as AI, the potential productivity gains with these technologies, and the likely adoption rates of these technologies.

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Understanding the Influence of AI on Employment

This issue briefing uses a new framework to estimate the exposure of different job tasks to new technologies such as AI, the potential productivity gains with these technologies, and the likely adoption rates of these technologies.

Adoption of automation is a multi-stage process. What are the stages we use to assess how exposed different jobs in a variety of sectors are? How do we determine the vulnerability of specific jobs and industries? What will be the impact on employment in both the short and long term?

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Key findings
A new way to assess automation’s impact on jobs
Applying this framework using Canadian task-level data
Employment impacts of high exposure and adoption
Research extensions
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Bibliography

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