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 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
5.7%
5.4%
05 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
5.5%
5.6%
07 Jun 2019
May 2019
5.4%
5.8%
10 May 2019
Apr 2019
5.7%
5.8%
05 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
5.8%
5.8%
08 Mar 2019
Feb 2019
5.8%
5.7%
08 Feb 2019
Jan 2019
5.8%
5.6%
04 Jan 2019
Dec 2018
5.6%
5.7%
07 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
5.6%
5.8%
02 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
5.8%
5.9%
05 Oct 2018
Sep 2018
5.9%
5.9%
07 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
6.0%
5.9%
10 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
5.8%
5.9%
06 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
6.0%
5.8%
08 Jun 2018
May 2018
5.8%
5.8%
11 May 2018
Apr 2018
5.8%
5.8%
06 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
5.8%
5.8%
09 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
5.8%
5.8%
09 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
5.9%
5.8%
05 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
5.7%
6.0%

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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