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Labour market

Canada · 12 indicators

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Labour market

Canada — Unemployment Rate

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Share of the labour force without a job and seeking one, per the ILO definition; lower is better.
6.4%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Youth Unemployment

Unemployment rate for ages 15-24; usually higher than average, it reveals young people's entry difficulties.
12.8%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Canada — Employment Rate

Share of people aged 15-64 who are employed; measures how well the economy puts working-age people to work.
74.8%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Activity rate

Share of people aged 15-64 in the labour market (employed or seeking work); measures engagement in working life.
80%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Hours worked

Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person. Measures work intensity.
32.26hrs/week
2024
Source: ILO· Data 2024
Upd. 12/2023 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Senior employment rate (55-64)

Share of people aged 55-64 in work; measures how well older workers stay employed, a key pension-reform issue.
64.2%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — NEET rate 15-29

Share of 15-29 year-olds neither in employment nor in education or training.
12%
2025
Source: Statistics Canada· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — NEET rate 18-24

Share of 18-24 year-olds neither in employment nor in education or training — post-bac subset.
13%
2025
Source: Statistics Canada· Data 2025
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Job vacancy rate

Vacant posts as % of total occupied + vacant posts in NACE B-S — labour-market tightness.
2.8%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Statistics Canada· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 09/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Labour cost index — total

Quarterly labour cost index for NACE B-S (compensation of employees + taxes − subsidies), index 2020=100.
118index
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Labour cost index — services

Same LCI for NACE G-N services aggregate (wholesale, retail, transport, ICT, finance, real estate, professional & support services).
119index
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Canada — Labour force participation rate

Share of the working-age population (15+) that is either employed or actively seeking work. Measures labour-market engagement.
65.3%
2025
Source: ILO· Data 2025
Upd. 12/2023 · Y-axis truncated
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