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Unemployment Rate for Canada, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.91%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -33.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Canada was 6.91% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.38% in 1993. The lowest was 5.28% in 2022 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.17% per year.
Canada ranks 63 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for North America is 6.91%, so Canada sits level with it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 39% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.91%
First (1991)
10.32%
Change
-33.0%
Highest
11.38%
in 1993
Lowest
5.28%
in 2022
Average
7.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.17%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.91% |
| 2024 | 6.35% |
| 2023 | 5.42% |
| 2022 | 5.28% |
| 2021 | 7.53% |
| 2020 | 9.66% |
| 2019 | 5.69% |
| 2018 | 5.84% |
| 2017 | 6.43% |
| 2016 | 7.04% |
| 2015 | 6.95% |
| 2014 | 7.02% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.