Canva eliminates or moves 1,200 roles, 22% of staff

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What this means for you

Nothing to act on if you buy or build on Canva: no product, pricing or API change was announced, and the company has not said which teams or products lose staff. The 1,200 figure covers relocations as well as cuts, so it is not 1,200 redundancies.

In a restructure set out to staff by email, Canva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs — 22% of its global workforce. Chief executive Melanie Perkins called it "without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history". The Australian-founded design platform gave no split between roles cut and roles moved. The Guardian places the move in a wider pattern of software firms trimming headcount while building AI into their products; Canva has not said AI caused the changes.

Key facts

  • ·Canva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs, equal to 22% of its global workforce. source
  • ·Chief executive Melanie Perkins described the job cuts as "without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history" in an email to staff. source
  • ·The restructure includes laying off staff who helped build the platform as well as relocating roles, according to the report. source
  • ·The Guardian characterises the changes as mirroring a trend of software companies cutting staff while embedding AI tools, and does not attribute that motive to Canva. source
  • ·The report was published on 4 November 2026. source

What the sources say

  • The Guardian AI — Carries the scale of the reduction, the chief executive's message to staff and the wider software-sector framing.

Sources

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