Canada Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Canada remained unchanged at 65.40 percent in December from 65.40 percent in November of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Canada averaged 65.72 percent from 1976 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 67.70 percent in September of 2003 and a record low of 61.40 percent in March of 1976.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Canada is expected to be 65.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Canada to stand at 66.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Canada Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 66.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.3%	65.3%	65.5%
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.2%	65.4%		65.6%
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.2%		65.5%
2019-01-04	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.4%		65.5%
2019-02-08	01:30 PM	Participation Rate		65.4%
2019-03-08	01:30 PM	Participation Rate
2019-04-05	12:30 PM	Participation Rate				65.5%

Canada Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.60	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18808.40	18799.10	18808.40	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1125.10	1124.80	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	28.30	4.10	136.30	-137.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	-18.90	89.90	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	9.30	94.10	94.10	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.40	65.40	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.10	10.80	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	105.70	105.43	105.70	67.65	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	105.63	116.80	117.22	49.37	Index Points	[+]
Wages	25.38	25.24	25.38	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	25.66	25.29	26.30	14.96	CAD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	15.00	14.00	15.00	1.00	CAD/Hour	[+]
Population	36.96	36.89	36.96	17.91	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	16658.00	16633.00	16658.00	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	551170.00	547280.00	551170.00	329710.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2580.00	2640.00	2640.00	2440.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1930.00	1960.00	1960.00	1790.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Adp Employment Change	-13.00	74.00	74.00	-13.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	61.70	61.70	63.70	56.00	percent	[+]

Canada Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides the latest reported value for - Canada Labor Force Participation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Canada Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	65.40	65.40	67.70	61.40	1976 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Sep/18	78.8	79 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Dec/18	70.9	71 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Nov/18	65.5	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Nov/18	65.8	65.9 : 61.7	%
Canada	65.40	Dec/18	65.4	67.7 : 61.4	%
United States	63.10	Dec/18	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.90	Nov/18	62.8	70.3 : 62.5	%
South Korea	62.20	Dec/18	63.4	63.9 : 48.5	%
Japan	61.90	Nov/18	62	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.80	Nov/18	61.8	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.50	Sep/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.60	Oct/18	53.4	53.6 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.70	Sep/18	46.4	46.9 : 44.5	%