Canada: Unemployment rate
Percent · 1916–2025 · 110 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp
- 2025
- 6.86%percent
- Change on 2024
- +0.5 pointsfrom 6.37%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 6.61%10 years
- Record high and low
- 20.3% (1933)low 0.89% (1918)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 6.00 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 6.02 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 6.12 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 6.21 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 6.32 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 6.15 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 6.86 | |
| 2024 | 6.37 | |
| 2023 | 5.39 | |
| 2022 | 5.25 | |
| 2021 | 7.48 | |
| 2020 | 9.74 | |
| 2019 | 5.68 | |
| 2018 | 5.83 | |
| 2017 | 6.42 | |
| 2016 | 7.05 |
Sources
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1916–2020
- Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
- Fortin-Gagnon et al.1955–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1955–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1969–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
- International Labour Organization2000–2023
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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