Unemployment rate: Canada
6.907% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.907 |
| 2024 | 6.351 |
| 2023 | 5.415 |
| 2022 | 5.279 |
| 2021 | 7.527 |
| 2020 | 9.657 |
| 2019 | 5.69 |
| 2018 | 5.837 |
| 2017 | 6.426 |
| 2016 | 7.038 |
| 2015 | 6.945 |
| 2014 | 7.023 |
| 2013 | 7.143 |
| 2012 | 7.392 |
| 2011 | 7.637 |
| 2010 | 8.178 |
| 2009 | 8.46 |
| 2008 | 6.284 |
| 2007 | 6.156 |
| 2006 | 6.484 |
| 2005 | 6.758 |
| 2004 | 7.185 |
| 2003 | 7.574 |
| 2002 | 7.665 |
| 2001 | 7.219 |
| 2000 | 6.829 |
| 1999 | 7.583 |
| 1998 | 8.278 |
| 1997 | 9.1 |
| 1996 | 9.62 |
| 1995 | 9.489 |
| 1994 | 10.395 |
| 1993 | 11.377 |
| 1992 | 11.197 |
| 1991 | 10.316 |