Unemployment rate in Canada remains stable
Released: Friday, October 17, 2025
The unemployment rate in September 2025 was 7.1 percent, remaining steady and unchanged from the previous month. The unemployment rate has hovered within a narrow range between 6.9 and 7.1 percent since April. There has been a gradual upward trend since the beginning of the year, when the rate was lower at 6.6 percent in January. Statistics Canada defines the unemployment rate as the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force.
Data for the above chart comes from Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle.
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