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
Jan 2018
5.9%
5.8%
Dec 2017
5.7%
6.0%
Nov 2017
5.9%
6.4%
Oct 2017
6.3%
6.1%
Sep 2017
6.2%
6.0%
Aug 2017
6.2%
Jul 2017
6.3%
Jun 2017
6.5%
May 2017
6.6%
Apr 2017
6.5%
Mar 2017
6.7%
Feb 2017
6.6%
Jan 2017
6.8%
Dec 2016
6.9%
Nov 2016
6.8%
Oct 2016
7.0%
Sep 2016
7.0%
Aug 2016
7.0%
Jul 2016
6.9%
Jun 2016
6.8%

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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