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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 January 2016

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 January 2016: 7.1% for December 2015, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 7.1% in November 2015. It was released on Fri 8 Jan 2016 at 13:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
7.1%
December 2015
Forecast
7.1%
The market consensus
Previous
7.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The Canadian dollar would usually move little unless employment, participation or wage details shift the overall jobs picture.

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 January 2016: 7.1% for December 2015 against a 7.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 8 January 2016: 7.1% vs 7.1% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2016-01-08

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Jan 2016Dec7.1%7.1%7.1%
4 Dec 2015Nov7.1%7%7.0%
6 Nov 2015Oct7.0%7.1%7.1%
9 Oct 2015Sep7.1%6.9%7%
4 Sep 2015Aug7%6.8%6.8%
7 Aug 2015Jul6.8%6.8%6.8%
10 Jul 2015Jun6.8%6.9%6.8%
5 Jun 2015May6.8%6.8%6.8%
8 May 2015Apr6.8%6.9%6.8%
10 Apr 2015Mar6.8%6.8%6.8%
13 Mar 2015Feb6.8%6.7%6.6%
6 Feb 2015Jan6.6%6.7%6.7%
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