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Canva layoffs in November 2026 and your next steps
What Canva confirmed about its November 2026 restructure, how role changes differ from job losses, and practical steps for your next application.
An announcement can leave you with several decisions at once. You may be considering another role internally, a move to Sydney, or a search outside the company. Those choices need different information. Start with the change that applies to you.
What Canva has confirmed
In its team update, Canva says 1,271 people, representing 22% of its workforce, are affected. That total includes employees facing a role change or relocation as well as people leaving. It is not a disclosed count of redundancies alone.
ABC reported the announcement on 4 November. Its report notes that Canva referred to new technology without explicitly naming AI. The announcement does not establish that AI directly replaced every affected role.
| Your situation | Information to clarify | What to prepare |
|---|---|---|
| Your role is ending | Confirmed employment dates and departure arrangements | An accurate work history and examples for the next role |
| Your responsibilities are changing | Proposed scope, reporting line and expectations | Questions about the work you would own |
| You are considering relocation | Location, timing, attendance expectations and available support | A decision based on your circumstances |
| Your situation is still being discussed | Who will confirm the outcome and when | A record of questions and confirmed answers |
Canva says departing employees will receive at least six months of salary, inclusive of statutory entitlements, alongside career support. Check your individual documentation for the arrangements that apply to you. Australian employees can also consult the Fair Work Ombudsman’s redundancy information.
Choose a direction before rewriting your resume
Write down the kind of work you want to keep doing, the location you can work in and the responsibilities you are willing to take on. Use those decisions to select a real vacancy.
A long list of possible titles can make the search harder to evaluate. Begin with a direction you can support, then use individual postings to decide whether related roles are worth considering.
Keep a second direction separate if it needs a substantially different story. Product operations and customer success may draw on some of the same experience, but the employer will be looking for different evidence.
Recover the details behind your work
For each relevant project, record the problem, your contribution, the people involved and the outcome you can substantiate. Use information and examples you are authorised to retain. You can describe your responsibilities without taking internal documents into an application.
Fictional example: A product specialist wants to apply for an operations role. Their initial note says they helped with launches. After reviewing their own responsibilities, they can explain that they maintained the release checklist, coordinated readiness updates and followed unresolved issues through to an owner.
Those details provide useful application material. If the candidate has no reliable measure of time saved or revenue affected, there is no reason to add one.
Use our resume tailoring guide to connect that evidence to an actual job description.
Keep each application easy to revisit
Save the vacancy, the resume you sent, the date and the next action. When an interview arrives, you should be able to recover the same version the employer received.
Our application tracking guide explains a simple way to keep those records together. If you are applying in Australia, the Australian resume format guide covers the document decisions to review.
Questions about the Canva restructure
Were 22 per cent of Canva employees made redundant
The published figure covers several kinds of change. Canva has not identified that entire group as redundancies.
Should I wait until every detail is settled before preparing applications
You can gather accurate career details and explore suitable vacancies while clarifying your position. Keep your employment dates and availability consistent with what has actually been confirmed.
Do I need to explain the restructure throughout my resume
Keep the document focused on relevant work. If an application asks why you left, provide a brief, factual answer that matches your circumstances.