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
May 2016
6.9%
Apr 2016
7.1%
Mar 2016
7.1%
Feb 2016
7.3%
Jan 2016
7.2%
Dec 2015
7.1%
Nov 2015
7.1%
Oct 2015
7.0%
Sep 2015
7.1%
Aug 2015
7.0%
Jul 2015
6.8%
Jun 2015
6.8%
May 2015
6.8%
Apr 2015
6.8%
Mar 2015
6.8%
Feb 2015
6.8%
Jan 2015
6.6%
Dec 2014
6.7%
Nov 2014
6.6%
Oct 2014
6.5%

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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