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
Sep 2024
6.5%
6.5%
Aug 2024
6.6%
6.3%
Jul 2024
6.4%
6.7%
Jun 2024
6.4%
6.2%
May 2024
6.2%
5.9%
Apr 2024
6.1%
6.3%
Mar 2024
6.1%
6.0%
Feb 2024
5.8%
5.7%
Jan 2024
5.7%
5.8%
Dec 2023
5.8%
5.9%
Nov 2023
5.8%
5.6%
Oct 2023
5.7%
5.5%
Sep 2023
5.5%
5.5%
Aug 2023
5.5%
5.4%
Jul 2023
5.5%
5.3%
Jun 2023
5.4%
5.1%
May 2023
5.2%
5.0%
Apr 2023
5.0%
5.0%
Mar 2023
5.0%
5.0%
Feb 2023
5.0%
5.0%

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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