Canada Employment Rate  1976-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Canada remained unchanged at 61.60 percent in September from 61.60 percent in August of 2017. Employment Rate in Canada averaged 60.28 percent from 1976 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 63.70 percent in February of 2008 and a record low of 56 percent in December of 1982.

Canada Employment Rate
width
height
 Preview
Trading Economics members can view, download and compare data from nearly 200 countries, including more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, government bond yields, stock indexes and commodity prices.

Learn More Register Login
The Trading Economics Application Programming Interface (API) provides direct access to our data. It allows API clients to download millions of rows of historical data, to query our real-time economic calendar, subscribe to updates and receive quotes for currencies, commodities, stocks and bonds.

Learn More Interested? Click here to contact us


Canada Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 6.20 6.20 13.10 2.90 percent [+]
Employed Persons 18454.10 18444.10 18454.10 9636.70 Thousand [+]
Unemployed Persons 1214.10 1226.60 1748.90 691.50 Thousand [+]
Part Time Employment -102.00 110.40 136.30 -102.00 Thousand [+]
Full Time Employment 112.00 -88.10 148.40 -145.10 Thousand [+]
Employment Change 10.00 22.20 94.00 -124.80 Thousand [+]
Labor Force Participation Rate 65.60 65.70 67.70 61.40 percent [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 10.30 11.50 20.70 10.30 percent [+]
Productivity 109.45 109.64 109.64 69.08 Index Points [+]
Labour Costs 114.65 115.48 116.47 49.37 Index Points [+]
Wages 24.02 24.27 24.73 13.73 CAD/Hour [+]
Wages in Manufacturing 25.69 25.45 26.55 14.96 CAD/Hour [+]
Minimum Wages 11.40 11.40 11.40 1.00 CAD/Hour [+]
Population 36.44 35.99 36.44 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 [+]
Living Wage Family 1777.70 1777.80 1777.80 1750.90 CAD/Month [+]
Living Wage Individual 1514.65 1514.72 1514.72 1506.91 CAD/Month [+]
Job Vacancies 387505.00 381270.00 437370.00 329710.00 [+]
Non Farm Payrolls 16277.30 16268.70 16277.30 10863.80 Thousand [+]
Employment Rate 61.60 61.60 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 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
61.60 61.60 63.70 56.00 1976 - 2017 percent Monthly
SA




employment rate by Country

Last
Mexico 96.40 Sep/17
Switzerland 79.80 Jun/17
Netherlands 75.70 Jun/17
United Kingdom 75.10 Jul/17
Germany 74.80 Jun/17
Russia 66.10 Aug/17
France 65.30 Jun/17
Spain 62.04 Jun/17
Canada 61.60 Sep/17
South Korea 61.30 Sep/17
Australia 61.24 Aug/17
United States 60.40 Sep/17
Japan 59.20 Aug/17
Italy 58.00 Jul/17
Brazil 54.00 Aug/17
Turkey 46.90 Jul/17