+1. What matters is not the "average". What matters is YOUR chance of getting a job. If you have no education, have a terrible attitude, and don't take a shower, the job market is going to be horrible for you. It's like asking what the average married person is like. Some people are funny, wealthy, and handsome and many people want to marry. Knowing what the average joe is like doesn't help you find the love of your life.
There are definitely macroeconomic trends. And for those you can read official statistics. I don't recall Canada's off the top of my head. I know in Spain youth unemployment is ~50% and general is ~25% which is about as grim as it gets in a developed nation. But macroeconomic data doesn't capture the whole story. A lot of details get left out as you aggregate data. For example, it doesn't capture underemployment or employment outside of your chosen field. Even if you look at a wide range of statistics you can miss the story.
Over the years jobs have become more and more scarce for younger people. There are definitely a complicated set of reasons for this, such as older people not retiring, outsourcing, technologies, and too many people with degrees. There's a massive oversupply of people who want a desk job instead of working with their bodies.
Location is important too. Take Alberta for example. Up until recently jobs were plentiful due to the oil boom. Not anymore though.
So basically my point is...the "average" is largely irrelevant. The job market is always going to suck for someone with poor ability, and always easy for someone well connected and/or have ability.