Canada Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Canada remained unchanged at 7.20 percent in April of 2013 from 7.20 percent in March of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Canada is reported by the STCA - Statistics Canada. Historically, from 1966 until 2013, Canada Unemployment Rate averaged 7.76 Percent reaching an all time high of 13.10 Percent in December of 1982 and a record low of 2.90 Percent in June of 1966. In Canada, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Unemployment Rate.

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Canada Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged At 7.2% in April
Statistics Canada | Duarte Ricardo | duarte.ricardo@tradingeconomics.com  |  5/10/2013 1:36:50 PM


Following a decline the previous month, employment was little changed in April and the unemployment rate remained at 7.2%.

Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 0.9% or 163,000, all in full time. The total number of hours worked rose by 1.5% over the same period.

Provincially, employment grew in Alberta, while it fell in Manitoba, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
In April, there were employment gains in manufacturing and public administration. These gains were offset by losses in transportation and warehousing; "other services"; and business, building and other support services.
 
There were 34,000 more people working in the public sector in April, while there was little change in the number of private sector employees and the self-employed.
 
Over the previous 12 months, public sector employment increased 2.6% or 94,000, while growth in self-employment was 2.2% (+59,000), the bulk of which was in the first quarter of 2013. The number of private sector employees was little changed compared with 12 months earlier, as gains in the second half of 2012 were offset by losses in 2013.
 
Employment in April increased among people aged 25 to 54 and declined among youths. For people aged 55 and over, employment was little changed.

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Canada Unemployment Rate Up To 7.2% in March Following an increase the previous month, employment declined by 55,000 in March, all in full time. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%. 2013-04-05
Canada's Unemployment Remained at 7.4% in October Following two consecutive months of increases, employment in October was unchanged and the unemployment rate remained at 7.4%. 2012-11-02
CANADA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS At 7% in FEBRUARY Employment rose by 51,000 in February, following a slight decline the previous month. This increase was spread between full- and part-time work. The unemployment rate remained at 7.0% as more people participated in the labour force. 2013-03-08
Canada's Unemployment Remained at 7.4% in October Following two consecutive months of increases, employment in October was unchanged and the unemployment rate remained at 7.4%. 2012-11-02
Canada Unemployment Rate At 7% in January Following two months of gains, employment decreased slightly in January (-22,000). A decline in the number of people looking for work pushed the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%. 2013-02-08
Canada's Unemployment Rate Up to 7.4% in September Canada's employment increased for the second consecutive month in September, up 52,000, mainly in full-time work. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.4% as more people participated in the labour market. 2012-10-05
Canada Unemployment Rate At 7.1% in December Employment rose by 40,000 in December of 2012, the fourth increase in five months. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest in four years. 2013-01-04
Canada's Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 7.3% in August After a decline in July, employment rose by 34,000 in August, the result of an increase in part-time work. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.3%. 2012-09-07
Canada's Unemployment Decreased to 7.2% in November The unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points from 7.4% in October to 7.2% in November. 2012-12-07



Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.






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