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

Employment Rate in Canada decreased to 61.50 percent in May from 61.60 percent in April of 2018. Employment Rate in Canada averaged 60.31 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	5.80	5.80	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18596.20	18603.70	18645.10	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1151.60	1155.00	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	23.60	-30.00	136.30	-137.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	-31.00	28.80	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	-7.50	-1.10	94.00	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.30	65.40	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.10	11.10	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	109.22	109.75	110.12	69.08	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	117.22	116.91	117.22	49.37	Index Points	[+]
Wages	25.06	24.98	25.06	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	25.74	25.13	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	16491.90	16449.80	16491.90	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	469795.00	467685.00	469795.00	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	2.90	30.20	59.20	-13.50	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	61.50	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 June of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.50	61.60	63.70	56.00	1976 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Mexico	96.60	Apr/18	97.06	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
Switzerland	80.20	Dec/17	79.9	81.3	76.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	76.30	Dec/17	76.3	77.6	63.5	%	Quarterly
Germany	76.00	Dec/17	75.6	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.60	Mar/18	75.6	75.6	65.6	%	Monthly
France	65.70	Mar/18	65.7	65.7	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	62.07	Mar/18	62.57	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	61.90	Apr/18	61.9	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.50	May/18	61.6	63.7	56	%	Monthly
South Korea	60.90	Apr/18	60.2	61.5	56.1	%	Monthly
United States	60.40	May/18	60.3	64.7	55	%	Monthly
Japan	60.10	Apr/18	59.6	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Russia	59.60	Apr/18	59.6	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
Italy	58.40	Apr/18	58.3	58.9	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	53.60	Apr/18	53.6	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
Turkey	47.80	Mar/18	47.9	47.9	38.9	%	Monthly