CanadaLabour1990–2025 · Annual
How did the unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over change in Canada?
The answer
Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over decreased in Canada.
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- Canada
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Unemployment rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over fell from 8.1% to 6.8% between 1990 and 2025—a decrease of 1.3 percentage points. It reached an observed low of 5.3% in 2022 before ending at 6.8% in 2025.
- Overall change
- -1.3 percentage points
- Decrease
- Start · 1990
- 8.1%
- Latest · 2025
- 6.8%
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Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over in Canada
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
Selected period2025
- Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over6.8%
- Observed high
- 11.4%1993
- Observed low
- 5.3%2022
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Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 6.8% |
| 2024 | 6.3% |
| 2023 | 5.4% |
| 2022 | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 7.5% |
| 2020 | 9.7% |
| 2019 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 6.4% |
| 2016 | 7.1% |
| 2015 | 7% |
| 2014 | 7% |
| 2013 | 7.2% |
| 2012 | 7.4% |
| 2011 | 7.7% |
| 2010 | 8.2% |
| 2009 | 8.5% |
| 2008 | 6.3% |
| 2007 | 6.2% |
| 2006 | 6.5% |
| 2005 | 6.8% |
| 2004 | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 7.6% |
| 2002 | 7.7% |
| 2001 | 7.2% |
| 2000 | 6.8% |
| 1999 | 7.6% |
| 1998 | 8.3% |
| 1997 | 9.1% |
| 1996 | 9.6% |
| 1995 | 9.5% |
| 1994 | 10.4% |
| 1993 | 11.4% |
| 1992 | 11.2% |
| 1991 | 10.3% |
| 1990 | 8.1% |
About this data
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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