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
07 Aug 2009
Jul 2009
8.6%
10 Jul 2009
Jun 2009
8.6%
05 Jun 2009
May 2009
8.6%
08 May 2009
Apr 2009
8.0%
09 Apr 2009
Mar 2009
8.0%
13 Mar 2009
Feb 2009
7.7%
06 Feb 2009
Jan 2009
7.2%
09 Jan 2009
Dec 2008
6.6%
05 Dec 2008
Nov 2008
6.3%
07 Nov 2008
Oct 2008
6.2%
10 Oct 2008
Sep 2008
6.1%
05 Sept 2008
Aug 2008
6.1%
08 Aug 2008
Jul 2008
6.1%
11 Jul 2008
Jun 2008
6.2%
06 Jun 2008
May 2008
6.1%
09 May 2008
Apr 2008
6.1%
04 Apr 2008
Mar 2008
6.0%
07 Mar 2008
Feb 2008
5.8%
08 Feb 2008
Jan 2008
5.8%
11 Jan 2008
Dec 2007
5.9%

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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