Unemployment Rate 2024 Canada. The unemployment rate in canada was 6.6% in august 2024, and the percentage point change from july 2024 to august 2024 was +0.2*. From august 9, 2020 to september 25, 2021, employment and social development canada applied a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1% for employment insurance (ei) economic regions with an unemployment rate lower than 13.1%;
Canada unemployment rate is updated monthly, available from jan 1976 to oct 2024, with an average rate of 7.60 %. Statistics canada said friday that the unemployment rate rose to 6.6 per cent, up from 6.4 per cent the month before, amid a gain of 22,000 net jobs.