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
May 2021
8.2%
7.8%
Apr 2021
8.1%
7.9%
Mar 2021
7.5%
8.8%
Feb 2021
8.2%
9.0%
Jan 2021
9.4%
8.6%
Dec 2020
8.6%
8.7%
Nov 2020
8.5%
9.0%
Oct 2020
8.9%
9.6%
Sep 2020
9.0%
11.8%
Aug 2020
10.2%
9.3%
Jul 2020
10.9%
12.8%
Jun 2020
12.3%
3.1%
May 2020
13.7%
25.3%
Apr 2020
13.0%
9.2%
Mar 2020
7.8%
5.5%
Feb 2020
5.6%
5.7%
Jan 2020
5.5%
5.8%
Dec 2019
5.6%
5.8%
Nov 2019
5.9%
5.6%
Oct 2019
5.5%
5.6%

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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