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
09 Aug 2024
Jul 2024
6.4%
6.7%
05 Jul 2024
Jun 2024
6.4%
6.2%
07 Jun 2024
May 2024
6.2%
5.9%
10 May 2024
Apr 2024
6.1%
6.3%
05 Apr 2024
Mar 2024
6.1%
6.0%
08 Mar 2024
Feb 2024
5.8%
5.7%
09 Feb 2024
Jan 2024
5.7%
5.8%
05 Jan 2024
Dec 2023
5.8%
5.9%
01 Dec 2023
Nov 2023
5.8%
5.6%
03 Nov 2023
Oct 2023
5.7%
5.5%
06 Oct 2023
Sep 2023
5.5%
5.5%
08 Sept 2023
Aug 2023
5.5%
5.4%
04 Aug 2023
Jul 2023
5.5%
5.3%
07 Jul 2023
Jun 2023
5.4%
5.1%
09 Jun 2023
May 2023
5.2%
5.0%
05 May 2023
Apr 2023
5.0%
5.0%
06 Apr 2023
Mar 2023
5.0%
5.0%
10 Mar 2023
Feb 2023
5.0%
5.0%
10 Feb 2023
Jan 2023
5.0%
5.0%
06 Jan 2023
Dec 2022
5.0%
5.1%

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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