Canada Employment Rate 1976-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Canada increased to 61.50 percent in September from 61.40 percent in August of 2018. Employment Rate in Canada averaged 60.32 percent from 1976 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 63.70 percent in February of 2008 and a record low of 56 percent in December of 1982.

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Canada Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.90	6.00	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18693.80	18630.50	18693.80	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1171.10	1195.20	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	80.20	-92.00	136.30	-137.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	-16.90	40.40	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	63.30	-51.60	94.00	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.40	65.30	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.00	10.90	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	109.99	109.25	109.99	69.08	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	116.80	117.22	117.22	49.37	Index Points	[+]
Wages	24.83	24.86	25.06	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	24.90	25.47	26.30	14.96	CAD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	14.00	11.40	14.00	1.00	CAD/Hour	[+]
Population	36.96	36.89	36.96	17.91	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	16632.00	16600.00	16632.00	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	547300.00	462280.00	547300.00	329710.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2690.00	2860.00	2930.00	2690.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1970.00	2050.00	2080.00	1970.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Adp Employment Change	13.60	35.50	59.00	-13.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	61.50	61.40	63.70	56.00	percent	[+]

Canada Employment Rate

In Canada, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Canada Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Canada Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.50	61.40	63.70	56.00	1976 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Mexico	96.53	Aug/18	96.52	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
Switzerland	79.90	Jun/18	79.4	81.3	76.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	77.00	Jun/18	76.2	77.6	63.5	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.50	Jul/18	75.5	75.7	65.6	%	Monthly
Germany	75.40	Jun/18	75.4	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
France	65.80	Jun/18	65.7	65.8	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	63.53	Jun/18	62.07	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	62.20	Aug/18	62.1	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.50	Sep/18	61.4	63.7	56	%	Monthly
South Korea	61.20	Sep/18	60.9	61.6	56.1	%	Monthly
Russia	60.50	Aug/18	59.9	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
United States	60.40	Sep/18	60.3	64.7	55	%	Monthly
Japan	60.20	Aug/18	60	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Italy	59.00	Aug/18	58.8	59	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	54.10	Aug/18	53.9	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
Turkey	47.40	Jul/18	47.4	47.9	38.9	%	Monthly
South Africa	43.10	Jun/18	43.5	46.17	41	%	Quarterly
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4	36.3	%	Quarterly