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
08 Apr 2016
Mar 2016
7.1%
11 Mar 2016
Feb 2016
7.3%
05 Feb 2016
Jan 2016
7.2%
08 Jan 2016
Dec 2015
7.1%
04 Dec 2015
Nov 2015
7.1%
06 Nov 2015
Oct 2015
7.0%
09 Oct 2015
Sep 2015
7.1%
04 Sept 2015
Aug 2015
7.0%
07 Aug 2015
Jul 2015
6.8%
10 Jul 2015
Jun 2015
6.8%
05 Jun 2015
May 2015
6.8%
08 May 2015
Apr 2015
6.8%
10 Apr 2015
Mar 2015
6.8%
13 Mar 2015
Feb 2015
6.8%
06 Feb 2015
Jan 2015
6.6%
09 Jan 2015
Dec 2014
6.7%
05 Dec 2014
Nov 2014
6.6%
07 Nov 2014
Oct 2014
6.5%
10 Oct 2014
Sep 2014
6.8%
05 Sept 2014
Aug 2014
7.0%

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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