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
01 Dec 2017
Nov 2017
5.9%
6.4%
03 Nov 2017
Oct 2017
6.3%
6.1%
06 Oct 2017
Sep 2017
6.2%
6.0%
08 Sept 2017
Aug 2017
6.2%
04 Aug 2017
Jul 2017
6.3%
07 Jul 2017
Jun 2017
6.5%
09 Jun 2017
May 2017
6.6%
05 May 2017
Apr 2017
6.5%
07 Apr 2017
Mar 2017
6.7%
10 Mar 2017
Feb 2017
6.6%
10 Feb 2017
Jan 2017
6.8%
06 Jan 2017
Dec 2016
6.9%
02 Dec 2016
Nov 2016
6.8%
04 Nov 2016
Oct 2016
7.0%
07 Oct 2016
Sep 2016
7.0%
09 Sept 2016
Aug 2016
7.0%
05 Aug 2016
Jul 2016
6.9%
08 Jul 2016
Jun 2016
6.8%
10 Jun 2016
May 2016
6.9%
06 May 2016
Apr 2016
7.1%

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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