Canada Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Canada decreased to 61.90 percent in March from 62 percent in February of 2019. Employment Rate in Canada averaged 60.33 percent from 1976 until 2019, 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	5.80	5.80	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18922.60	18929.80	18929.80	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1157.20	1161.30	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	-0.90	-11.60	136.30	-124.40	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	-6.40	67.40	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	-7.20	55.90	94.00	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.70	65.80	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.70	10.80	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	106.22	106.63	106.63	67.27	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	107.34	106.12	107.34	43.75	Index Points	[+]
Wages	25.44	25.70	25.70	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	25.15	26.57	26.57	14.96	CAD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	14.00	14.00	14.00	1.00	CAD/Hour	[+]
Population	37.31	36.96	37.31	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		[+]
Wage Growth	2.00	1.70	5.50	-0.40	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	16832.90	16761.70	16832.90	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	547770.00	551170.00	551170.00	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	13.20	-21.20	74.00	-21.20	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	28.25	28.18	28.25	15.88	CAD	[+]
Employment Rate	61.90	62.00	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 April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.90	62.00	63.70	56.00	1976 - 2019	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.70	Feb/19	96.43	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Jan/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.30	Mar/19	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.90	Mar/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Mar/19	60.7	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Feb/19	59.7	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.10	Feb/19	58.8	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.60	Feb/19	58.7	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	53.90	Feb/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	45.90	Jan/19	46.3	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.34	Dec/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%