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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 6 May 2022

Canada Unemployment Rate 6 May 2022: 5.2% for April 2022, in line with the forecast and down from 5.3% in March 2022. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Fri 6 May 2022 at 12:30 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
5.2%
April 2022
Forecast
5.2%
The market consensus
Previous
5.3%
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 6 May 2022: 5.2% for April 2022 against a 5.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 6 May 2022: 5.2% vs 5.2% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2022-05-06

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 May 2022Apr5.2%5.2%5.3%
8 Apr 2022Mar5.3%5.3%5.5%
11 Mar 2022Feb5.5%6.2%6.5%
4 Feb 2022Jan6.5%6.2%6%
7 Jan 2022Dec5.9%6%6%
3 Dec 2021Nov6%6.6%6.7%
5 Nov 2021Oct6.7%6.8%6.9%
8 Oct 2021Sep6.9%6.9%7.1%
10 Sep 2021Aug7.1%7.3%7.5%
6 Aug 2021Jul7.5%7.4%7.8%
9 Jul 2021Jun7.8%7.7%8.2%
4 Jun 2021May8.2%8.2%8.1%
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