Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
10 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
6.7%
Forecast
6.6%
Previous
6.7%
Next release
08 May 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 10 days
Forecast
6.9%
Previous
6.7%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
10 Apr 2026
Mar 2026
6.7%
6.6%
13 Mar 2026
Feb 2026
6.7%
6.5%
06 Feb 2026
Jan 2026
6.5%
7.0%
09 Jan 2026
Dec 2025
6.8%
6.4%
05 Dec 2025
Nov 2025
6.5%
6.9%
07 Nov 2025
Oct 2025
6.9%
7.0%
10 Oct 2025
Sep 2025
7.1%
7.2%
05 Sept 2025
Aug 2025
7.1%
7.0%
08 Aug 2025
Jul 2025
6.9%
7.0%
11 Jul 2025
Jun 2025
6.9%
7.1%
06 Jun 2025
May 2025
7.0%
6.9%
09 May 2025
Apr 2025
6.9%
6.6%
04 Apr 2025
Mar 2025
6.7%
6.6%
07 Mar 2025
Feb 2025
6.6%
6.7%
07 Feb 2025
Jan 2025
6.6%
6.5%
10 Jan 2025
Dec 2024
6.7%
7.1%
06 Dec 2024
Nov 2024
6.8%
6.5%
08 Nov 2024
Oct 2024
6.5%
6.3%
11 Oct 2024
Sep 2024
6.5%
6.5%
06 Sept 2024
Aug 2024
6.6%
6.3%

Canada Unemployment Rate is a percentage of unemployed workers in relation to the total civilian labor force. Unemployed people are those without a job who have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks.

The unemployment rate is a measure of the labor market state. The indicator decrease can have a positive effect on CAD quotes.

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