Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Source: Statistics Canada
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%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
08 Apr 2011
Mar 2011
7.7%
—
11 Mar 2011
Feb 2011
7.8%
—
04 Feb 2011
Jan 2011
7.8%
—
07 Jan 2011
Dec 2010
7.6%
—
03 Dec 2010
Nov 2010
7.6%
—
05 Nov 2010
Oct 2010
7.9%
—
08 Oct 2010
Sep 2010
8.0%
—
10 Sept 2010
Aug 2010
8.1%
—
06 Aug 2010
Jul 2010
8.0%
—
09 Jul 2010
Jun 2010
7.9%
—
04 Jun 2010
May 2010
8.1%
—
07 May 2010
Apr 2010
8.1%
—
09 Apr 2010
Mar 2010
8.2%
—
12 Mar 2010
Feb 2010
8.2%
—
05 Feb 2010
Jan 2010
8.3%
—
08 Jan 2010
Dec 2009
8.5%
—
04 Dec 2009
Nov 2009
8.5%
—
06 Nov 2009
Oct 2009
8.6%
—
09 Oct 2009
Sep 2009
8.4%
—
04 Sept 2009
Aug 2009
8.7%
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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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