Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
6.5%
Forecast
6.8%
Previous
6.6%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 3 days
Forecast
6.6%
Previous
6.5%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Oct 2014
6.5%
Sep 2014
6.8%
Aug 2014
7.0%
Jul 2014
7.0%
Jun 2014
7.1%
May 2014
7.0%
Apr 2014
6.9%
Mar 2014
6.9%
Feb 2014
7.0%
Jan 2014
7.0%
Dec 2013
7.2%
Nov 2013
6.9%
Oct 2013
6.9%
Sep 2013
6.9%
Aug 2013
7.1%
Jul 2013
7.2%
Jun 2013
7.1%
May 2013
7.1%
Apr 2013
7.2%
Mar 2013
7.2%

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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