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
Sep 2019
5.5%
5.5%
Aug 2019
5.7%
5.4%
Jul 2019
5.7%
5.4%
Jun 2019
5.5%
5.6%
May 2019
5.4%
5.8%
Apr 2019
5.7%
5.8%
Mar 2019
5.8%
5.8%
Feb 2019
5.8%
5.7%
Jan 2019
5.8%
5.6%
Dec 2018
5.6%
5.7%
Nov 2018
5.6%
5.8%
Oct 2018
5.8%
5.9%
Sep 2018
5.9%
5.9%
Aug 2018
6.0%
5.9%
Jul 2018
5.8%
5.9%
Jun 2018
6.0%
5.8%
May 2018
5.8%
5.8%
Apr 2018
5.8%
5.8%
Mar 2018
5.8%
5.8%
Feb 2018
5.8%
5.8%

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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