Canada Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Canada increased to 61.70 percent in November from 61.50 percent in October 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	5.60	5.80	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18799.10	18705.00	18799.10	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1124.80	1141.70	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4.10	-22.60	136.30	-137.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	89.90	33.90	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	94.10	11.20	94.10	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.40	65.20	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.80	11.00	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	105.70	105.43	105.70	67.65	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	105.63	116.80	117.22	49.37	Index Points	[+]
Wages	25.24	24.87	25.24	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	25.29	25.06	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	16658.00	16633.00	16658.00	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	547300.00	462280.00	547300.00	329710.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2580.00	2640.00	2640.00	2440.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1930.00	1960.00	1960.00	1790.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Adp Employment Change	-23.00	28.80	59.00	-23.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	61.70	61.50	63.70	56.00	percent	[+]

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 December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.70	61.50	63.70	56.00	1976 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.76	Oct/18	96.4	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Jun/18	79.4	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.00	Jun/18	76.2	77.6 : 63.5	%
United Kingdom	75.70	Sep/18	75.5	75.7 : 65.6	%
Germany	75.40	Jun/18	75.4	76 : 63.6	%
France	65.90	Sep/18	65.8	65.9 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.01	Sep/18	63.53	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.20	Sep/18	62.2	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.70	Nov/18	61.5	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.40	Nov/18	61.2	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.60	Oct/18	60.5	63.5 : 55.9	%
United States	60.60	Nov/18	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Russia	59.80	Oct/18	60.3	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.70	Oct/18	58.6	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	Oct/18	54.4	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.60	Aug/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4 : 36.3	%