In both the US and Canada, employment and GDP numbers are going in different directions. Employment rates are at all-time highs in Canada, and they’ve been falling (from a not-particularly high starting point) in the US. OTOH, US GDP numbers have been outperforming those in Canada.

Why?

I suppose one place to look is the movements in the terms of trade. In Canada, we may not be producing much more, but what we produce – notably commodities – commands higher prices than what it used to. In the US, this trend works against them.