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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 9 May 2025

Canada Unemployment Rate 9 May 2025: 6.9% for April 2025, above the 6.8% forecast and up from 6.7% in March 2025. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 9 May 2025 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
6.9%
April 2025
Forecast
6.8%
The market consensus
Previous
6.7%
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 9 May 2025: 6.9% for April 2025 against a 6.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 9 May 2025: 6.9% vs 6.8% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2025-05-09

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
9 May 2025Apr6.9%6.8%6.7%
4 Apr 2025Mar6.7%6.7%6.6%
7 Mar 2025Feb6.6%6.7%6.6%
7 Feb 2025Jan6.6%6.8%6.7%
10 Jan 2025Dec6.7%6.9%6.8%
6 Dec 2024Nov6.8%6.6%6.5%
8 Nov 2024Oct6.5%6.6%6.5%
11 Oct 2024Sep6.5%6.7%6.6%
6 Sep 2024Aug6.6%6.5%6.4%
9 Aug 2024Jul6.4%6.5%6.4%
5 Jul 2024Jun6.4%6.3%6.2%
7 Jun 2024May6.2%6.2%6.1%
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