Employment Trends

The unemployment rate in Canada was 6.7% as of April 2025, up 0.1% from the previous month. The unemployment rate stood 6.8% below the peak from June 2020 and is below the long-run average.

There were 16,700 fewer full-time jobs in April 2025 compared to a month earlier. Combined with a gain of 8,600 part-time positions, this led to a decrease of 8,100 total jobs in April.

Full-time employment was still down 32,200 jobs from the peak in February 2025.

* All figures are seasonally adjusted, 3-month moving averages. Seasonal adjustment removes normal seasonal fluctuations.