Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth
3:59 AM PST · November 4, 2026
Design software maker Canva is cutting 22% of its staff, amounting to 1,271 people, amid a growth slowdown.
The company’s co-founder and CEO, Melanie Perkins, in a note to employees said while Canva has scaled so far, it needs to change to address slowing growth.
“Over the past thirteen years, we’ve turned a dream in a pitch deck into a platform used by hundreds of millions of people. None of it would have been possible without the talent, imagination, and care of every single person who has been part of this journey. Yet success in our first chapter doesn’t guarantee success in the next. This has been our hardest year yet, and as we shared earlier this year, our growth has slowed for the first time in a decade,” Perkins wrote.
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