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 22 days
Forecast
6.8%
Previous
6.6%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Sep 2009
8.4%
Aug 2009
8.7%
Jul 2009
8.6%
Jun 2009
8.6%
May 2009
8.6%
Apr 2009
8.0%
Mar 2009
8.0%
Feb 2009
7.7%
Jan 2009
7.2%
Dec 2008
6.6%
Nov 2008
6.3%
Oct 2008
6.2%
Sep 2008
6.1%
Aug 2008
6.1%
Jul 2008
6.1%
Jun 2008
6.2%
May 2008
6.1%
Apr 2008
6.1%
Mar 2008
6.0%
Feb 2008
5.8%

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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