Canada: Unemployment rate

(measure: percent, source: Statistics Canada)

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Unemployment rate, percent in Canada, December, 2020: For that indicator, we provide data for Canada from January 1976 to December 2020. The average value for Canada during that period was 8.19 percent with a minimum of 5 percent in September 2019 and a maximum of 14.1 percent in March 1983. Click on the following link to see the values of Unemployment rate, percent around the world.

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Source: Statistics Canada

Definition: The unemployment rate represents the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

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