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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 May 2026

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 May 2026: 6.9% for April 2026, above the 6.7% forecast and up from 6.7% in March 2026. It is the highest reading since October 2025. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 8 May 2026 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 2026
Forecast
6.7%
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 8 May 2026: 6.9% for April 2026 against a 6.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 8 May 2026: 6.9% vs 6.7% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2026-05-08

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 May 2026Apr6.9%6.7%6.7%
10 Apr 2026Mar6.7%6.8%6.7%
13 Mar 2026Feb6.7%6.6%6.5%
6 Feb 2026Jan6.5%6.8%6.8%
7 Nov 2025Oct6.9%7.1%7.1%
10 Oct 2025Sep7.1%7.2%7.1%
5 Sep 2025Aug7.1%7%6.9%
8 Aug 2025Jul6.9%7%6.9%
11 Jul 2025Jun6.9%7.1%7%
6 Jun 2025May7%7%6.9%
9 May 2025Apr6.9%6.8%6.7%
4 Apr 2025Mar6.7%6.7%6.6%
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