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
07 Dec 2012
Nov 2012
7.2%
02 Nov 2012
Oct 2012
7.4%
05 Oct 2012
Sep 2012
7.4%
07 Sept 2012
Aug 2012
7.3%
10 Aug 2012
Jul 2012
7.3%
06 Jul 2012
Jun 2012
7.2%
08 Jun 2012
May 2012
7.3%
11 May 2012
Apr 2012
7.3%
05 Apr 2012
Mar 2012
7.2%
09 Mar 2012
Feb 2012
7.4%
03 Feb 2012
Jan 2012
7.6%
06 Jan 2012
Dec 2011
7.5%
02 Dec 2011
Nov 2011
7.4%
04 Nov 2011
Oct 2011
7.3%
07 Oct 2011
Sep 2011
7.1%
09 Sept 2011
Aug 2011
7.3%
05 Aug 2011
Jul 2011
7.2%
08 Jul 2011
Jun 2011
7.4%
10 Jun 2011
May 2011
7.4%
06 May 2011
Apr 2011
7.6%

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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