Unemployment Rate 2024 Canada. Statistics canada said friday the unemployment rate came in at 6.4 per cent for the month, up from 6.2 per cent in may, as the size of the labour force grew. Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate for males and females, 15 years and over, by province, current year.
Employment increased by 90,000 (+0.4%) in april, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.1%. Inflation in canada decelerated to the slowest pace in more than three years, keeping the central bank on track to cut rates for.