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 Aug 2014
Jul 2014
7.0%
11 Jul 2014
Jun 2014
7.1%
06 Jun 2014
May 2014
7.0%
09 May 2014
Apr 2014
6.9%
04 Apr 2014
Mar 2014
6.9%
07 Mar 2014
Feb 2014
7.0%
07 Feb 2014
Jan 2014
7.0%
10 Jan 2014
Dec 2013
7.2%
06 Dec 2013
Nov 2013
6.9%
08 Nov 2013
Oct 2013
6.9%
11 Oct 2013
Sep 2013
6.9%
06 Sept 2013
Aug 2013
7.1%
09 Aug 2013
Jul 2013
7.2%
05 Jul 2013
Jun 2013
7.1%
07 Jun 2013
May 2013
7.1%
10 May 2013
Apr 2013
7.2%
05 Apr 2013
Mar 2013
7.2%
08 Mar 2013
Feb 2013
7.0%
08 Feb 2013
Jan 2013
7.0%
04 Jan 2013
Dec 2012
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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