Employment & Labour
Canada's labour market from the Labour Force Survey — the headline unemployment rate and employment level, full- vs part-time composition, unemployment and participation by age group, the provincial unemployment map, and industry-level comparisons. Refreshed automatically with each LFS release.
Updated July 10, 202612 charts
Overview
Monthly unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (seasonally adjusted)Data through Jun 2026
OverviewTotal employment in Canada, monthly (seasonally adjusted)Data through Jun 2026
OverviewContribution of full-time and part-time work to employment changeData through Jun 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Job vacancy rate vs unemployment rate, traced through time — labour-market tightness and matching efficiency in one pathHow to read: Each dot is one month, connected in time order. Moving down-right means a cooling labour market (fewer vacancies, more unemployment); the whole curve shifting outward means workers and jobs are matching less efficiently.Data through Apr 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
Cumulative job growth by class of worker since February 2020 — public, private, and self-employed (seasonally adjusted)How to read: Each line is how much a sector's job count has grown since February 2020. When the public-sector line outpaces private, it means government hiring is driving employment gains.Data through Jun 2026
OverviewOriginal analysis
The employment rate — the share of working-age Canadians with a job — falling from its 2023 peak as population growth outpaces hiringHow to read: This is the share of working-age Canadians who have a job. When it falls, hiring is not keeping up with a fast-growing population — more people, but not enough jobs to go around.Data through Jun 2026
OverviewShare of unemployed Canadians jobless 27 weeks or more, seasonally adjusted, since 2016 (recessions shaded)Data through Jun 2026
OverviewDemographics
Unemployment rate across age groupsData through Jun 2026
DemographicsLabour force participation rate across age groupsData through Jun 2026
DemographicsProvincial
Latest unemployment rate mapped across provincesData through Jun 2026
ProvincialSectors
Latest unemployment rate by economic sector, ranked — a sorted dot plot vs the national averageData through Jun 2026
SectorsEmployment level by industry, top/bottom sectors highlightedData through Jun 2026
Sectors