Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Source: Statistics Canada
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%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
09 Apr 2021
Mar 2021
7.5%
8.8%
12 Mar 2021
Feb 2021
8.2%
9.0%
05 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
9.4%
8.6%
08 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
8.6%
8.7%
04 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
8.5%
9.0%
06 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
8.9%
9.6%
09 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
9.0%
11.8%
04 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
10.2%
9.3%
07 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
10.9%
12.8%
10 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
12.3%
3.1%
05 Jun 2020
May 2020
13.7%
25.3%
08 May 2020
Apr 2020
13.0%
9.2%
09 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
7.8%
5.5%
06 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
5.6%
5.7%
07 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
5.5%
5.8%
10 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
5.6%
5.8%
06 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
5.9%
5.6%
08 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
5.5%
5.6%
11 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
5.5%
5.5%
06 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
5.7%
5.4%

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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