Canada Labor Force Participation Rate 1976-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Labor Force Participation Rate in Canada increased to 65.40 percent in September from 65.30 percent in August 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-10	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.5%	65.4%	65.5%
2018-09-07	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.3%	65.4%	65.4%	65.5%
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.3%	65.3%	65.5%
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Participation Rate		65.4%		65.6%
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Participation Rate				65.5%

Canada Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.90	6.00	13.10	2.90	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	18693.80	18630.50	18693.80	9636.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1171.10	1195.20	1748.90	691.50	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	80.20	-92.00	136.30	-137.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	-16.90	40.40	148.40	-145.10	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	63.30	-51.60	94.00	-124.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.40	65.30	67.70	61.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.00	10.90	20.70	10.30	percent	[+]
Productivity	109.99	109.25	109.99	69.08	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	116.80	117.22	117.22	49.37	Index Points	[+]
Wages	24.83	24.86	25.06	13.73	CAD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	24.90	25.47	26.30	14.96	CAD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	14.00	11.40	14.00	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	16632.00	16600.00	16632.00	10863.80	Thousand	[+]
Job Vacancies	547300.00	462280.00	547300.00	329710.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2690.00	2860.00	2930.00	2690.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1970.00	2050.00	2080.00	1970.00	CAD/Month	[+]
Adp Employment Change	28.80	42.70	59.00	-13.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	61.50	61.40	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 October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	65.40	65.30	67.70	61.40	1976 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	78.80	Jul/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.20	Jun/18	72.2	72.2	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.40	Mar/18	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3	55.3	%	Yearly
Italy	65.50	Aug/18	65.6	65.9	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.40	Sep/18	65.7	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Sep/18	65.3	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	63.90	Mar/18	64	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Sep/18	63.4	63.9	48.5	%	Monthly
Russia	63.40	Aug/18	62.9	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.70	Sep/18	62.7	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Japan	61.70	Aug/18	61.5	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Brazil	61.60	Aug/18	61.5	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Germany	61.00	Mar/18	61.7	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Mexico	60.00	Aug/18	59.7	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
South Africa	59.10	Jun/18	59.3	60.8	53.6	%	Quarterly
Spain	58.80	Jun/18	58.46	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.00	Mar/18	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Saudi Arabia	55.50	Mar/18	55.6	56.5	47.8	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Jul/18	53.2	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly
Argentina	46.40	Jun/18	46.7	46.9	44.5	%	Quarterly