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
Jan 2023
5.0%
5.0%
Dec 2022
5.0%
5.1%
Nov 2022
5.1%
5.2%
Oct 2022
5.2%
5.3%
Sep 2022
5.2%
5.1%
Aug 2022
5.4%
4.9%
Jul 2022
4.9%
5.0%
Jun 2022
4.9%
5.1%
May 2022
5.1%
5.2%
Apr 2022
5.2%
5.4%
Mar 2022
5.3%
6.0%
Feb 2022
5.5%
6.2%
Jan 2022
6.5%
5.9%
Dec 2021
5.9%
6.3%
Nov 2021
6.0%
6.8%
Oct 2021
6.7%
7.0%
Sep 2021
6.9%
7.3%
Aug 2021
7.1%
7.7%
Jul 2021
7.5%
8.0%
Jun 2021
7.8%
8.2%

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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