Canada's unemployment rate falls to 6.5% as job growth beats expectations

Unemployment Drops to 6.5 Percent as Economy Adds 54,000 Jobs: StatCan

Canada’s unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 6.5 percent in November, with 54,000 jobs being created, according to Statistics Canada. The Labour Force Survey released on Dec. 5 marks the second month in a row unemployment has fallen, declining from 7.1 percent to 6.9 percent. September’s unemployment rate was a high not seen since 2016 outside of the COVID-19 pandemic years, after drifting upward for most of 2025. The StatCan repo…

Canada’s jobless rate falls to 6.5% driven by rise in part-time, youth employment

Economy added 54,000 jobs in November, far outpacing economists’ expectations

Economy adds 54,000 jobs in ‘perplexing’ November labour report

Canada’s economy continued to blow past job forecasts in November but some economists caution against reading too much into a series of strong headline figures.

Windsor shaves 1.5 per cent off its unemployment rate

Windsor's jobless rate in November tumbled 1.5 percentage points to 8.1 per cent as the local economy added 5,500 jobs.The city's unemployment rate in October was 9.6 per cent, and instead of having the highest jobless rate in Canada, Windsor had the tenth highest. Last month, the dubious honour went to Kelowna, B.C., which recorded 11 per cent unemployment.According to Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey, another 2,700 people entered Windso…

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for November, by province

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.4 per cent (10.1) _ Prince Edward Island 7.7 per cent (8.5) _ Nova Scotia 6.7 per cent (6.7) _ New Brunswick 6.6 […]

National employment numbers for November from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8) Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (65.