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
02 Dec 2022
Nov 2022
5.1%
5.2%
04 Nov 2022
Oct 2022
5.2%
5.3%
07 Oct 2022
Sep 2022
5.2%
5.1%
09 Sept 2022
Aug 2022
5.4%
4.9%
05 Aug 2022
Jul 2022
4.9%
5.0%
08 Jul 2022
Jun 2022
4.9%
5.1%
10 Jun 2022
May 2022
5.1%
5.2%
06 May 2022
Apr 2022
5.2%
5.4%
08 Apr 2022
Mar 2022
5.3%
6.0%
11 Mar 2022
Feb 2022
5.5%
6.2%
04 Feb 2022
Jan 2022
6.5%
5.9%
07 Jan 2022
Dec 2021
5.9%
6.3%
03 Dec 2021
Nov 2021
6.0%
6.8%
05 Nov 2021
Oct 2021
6.7%
7.0%
08 Oct 2021
Sep 2021
6.9%
7.3%
10 Sept 2021
Aug 2021
7.1%
7.7%
06 Aug 2021
Jul 2021
7.5%
8.0%
09 Jul 2021
Jun 2021
7.8%
8.2%
04 Jun 2021
May 2021
8.2%
7.8%
07 May 2021
Apr 2021
8.1%
7.9%

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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