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Canada Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Apr 30, 2025
Actual
6.9
Units In
%
Previous
6.7
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Jun 06, 2025
Time to Release
26 Days 4 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
13.7 May 2020 | 2.9 Jun 1966 | 7.53 % | 1966-2025 | Statistics Canada |
In Canada, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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In April 2025, Canada's unemployment rate climbed to 6.9% from 6.7% in the previous month, hitting its highest level in over three years since November of the previous year. This exceeded market expectations of 6.8%. The rise can be attributed to a significant increase in the number of jobless individuals, which reached 1,548,100 - a spike of 39,300. This signals that businesses may be starting to feel the impact of tariffs imposed by the United States. Despite this, net employment saw a modest increase of 7,500, slightly surpassing the expected 2,500. This helped to offset most of the 32,600 job losses from the previous month. The manufacturing sector was hit hardest, experiencing a net decline of 31,000 jobs due to high tariffs on aluminum, steel, and auto industries. However, despite this contraction, the labor force expanded, leading to an uptick in the labor force participation rate by 0.1 percentage points to 65.3%.
Canada Unemployment Rate History
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