Canada · 6 d ago
Competition Bureau urges provinces to limit non-compete agreements
In a letter to provincial and territorial governments, interim commissioner Jeanne Pratt calls the breadth of non-compete use in Canada “concerning”. She says the clauses can reduce wages, job mobility and entrepreneurship.
What it is
Non-compete clause
A non-compete clause can bar a worker from joining a rival or starting a competing business for a set period after leaving a job.
Employees under a non-compete
29-39 %
Employers report that between 29 and 39 per cent of private-sector employees are covered, according to an OECD survey. Of workers with one, 23 per cent say it has kept them from changing jobs.
Ontario banned most new non-competes in 2021 and is the only province to do so. The federal government committed in its 2025 budget to restricting them.
