Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
6.6%
Forecast
6.9%
Previous
6.9%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 23 days
Forecast
6.8%
Previous
6.6%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
May 2011
7.4%
Apr 2011
7.6%
Mar 2011
7.7%
Feb 2011
7.8%
Jan 2011
7.8%
Dec 2010
7.6%
Nov 2010
7.6%
Oct 2010
7.9%
Sep 2010
8.0%
Aug 2010
8.1%
Jul 2010
8.0%
Jun 2010
7.9%
May 2010
8.1%
Apr 2010
8.1%
Mar 2010
8.2%
Feb 2010
8.2%
Jan 2010
8.3%
Dec 2009
8.5%
Nov 2009
8.5%
Oct 2009
8.6%

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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