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
Jan 2013
7.0%
Dec 2012
7.1%
Nov 2012
7.2%
Oct 2012
7.4%
Sep 2012
7.4%
Aug 2012
7.3%
Jul 2012
7.3%
Jun 2012
7.2%
May 2012
7.3%
Apr 2012
7.3%
Mar 2012
7.2%
Feb 2012
7.4%
Jan 2012
7.6%
Dec 2011
7.5%
Nov 2011
7.4%
Oct 2011
7.3%
Sep 2011
7.1%
Aug 2011
7.3%
Jul 2011
7.2%
Jun 2011
7.4%

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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