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The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's unemployment rate rose more than expected to 6.8% in November, a near-eight-year high excluding the pandemic years, even as the economy added a net 50,500 jobs, data ...
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
Current events; Random article ... In response to the Bank of Canada's July 15, 2015 rate adjustment, ... reaching a 30-year low in the unemployment rate in December ...
Canada added a net 54,700 positions, beating analysts' expectations of a 27,500 gain, while the jobless rate dipped to 5.9% from 6.0% in November, Statistics Canada said.
This is a list of OECD countries by long-term unemployment rate published by the OECD. ... Canada: 0.90%: 0.89% 0.50% ... Current unemployment rates by country;
At the height of the 2008–2009 recession in Canada, unemployment peaked at 8.3 percent. [38] The subprime mortgage crisis and the 2007–2009 which followed, increased the unemployment rate to a peak of 10% in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has been steadily falling. It reached 5% in December 2015.
Unemployment in Ontario is the measure indicating the number of Ontarians "without work, are available for work, and are actively seeking work". [1] The rate of unemployment is measured by Statistics Canada using a Labour Force Survey. In September 2018 approximately 452,900 people were deemed unemployed in Ontario.