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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 6 December 2019

Canada Unemployment Rate 6 December 2019: 5.9% for November 2019, above the 5.5% forecast and up from 5.5% in October 2019. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 Dec 2019 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
5.9%
November 2019
Forecast
5.5%
The market consensus
Previous
5.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An unexpected rise would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar by pointing to more labour-market slack and a potentially easier Bank of Canada path.

Canada Unemployment Rate 6 December 2019: 5.9% for November 2019 against a 5.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Dec 2019Nov5.9%5.5%5.5%
8 Nov 2019Oct5.5%5.5%5.5%
11 Oct 2019Sep5.5%5.7%5.7%
6 Sep 2019Aug5.7%5.7%5.7%
9 Aug 2019Jul5.7%5.5%5.5%
5 Jul 2019Jun5.5%5.5%5.4%
7 Jun 2019May5.4%5.7%5.7%
10 May 2019Apr5.7%5.8%5.8%
5 Apr 2019Mar5.8%5.8%5.8%
8 Mar 2019Feb5.8%5.8%5.8%
8 Feb 2019Jan5.8%5.7%5.6%
4 Jan 2019Dec5.6%5.7%5.6%
The release before:Canada Unemployment Rate 8 November 2019The release after:Canada Unemployment Rate 10 January 2020Canada Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar