Labour Force Survey: Total population, Total, all education levels, Unemployment, ages 25 to 54, Canada

(SC_14100086_53073051)
Observations
Sep 2026: 847.3
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:17:00 a.m. ET
Units
Thousands of persons,
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey
Series ID
SC_14100086_53073051
Table 14-10-0086-01
CREDLabour Force Survey: Total population, Total, all education levels, Unemployment, ages 25 to 54, Canada
COVID-19 recessionGlobal Financial Crisis500600700800900100011001200130014002006200920122015201820212026Thousands of persons2006-03-01: 7472006-04-01: 725.42006-05-01: 684.12006-06-01: 641.82006-07-01: 624.82006-08-01: 657.52006-09-01: 6572006-10-01: 638.22006-11-01: 614.92006-12-01: 629.72007-01-01: 669.62007-02-01: 689.52007-03-01: 717.32007-04-01: 706.82007-05-01: 676.82007-06-01: 628.92007-07-01: 607.82007-08-01: 632.12007-09-01: 628.72007-10-01: 607.42007-11-01: 577.32007-12-01: 593.22008-01-01: 6382008-02-01: 660.42008-03-01: 692.72008-04-01: 684.62008-05-01: 662.82008-06-01: 614.72008-07-01: 611.32008-08-01: 652.12008-09-01: 660.72008-10-01: 635.12008-11-01: 6122008-12-01: 649.32009-01-01: 7502009-02-01: 835.92009-03-01: 926.12009-04-01: 951.52009-05-01: 951.52009-06-01: 918.72009-07-01: 910.22009-08-01: 941.12009-09-01: 927.72009-10-01: 893.12009-11-01: 847.92009-12-01: 859.52010-01-01: 9062010-02-01: 935.32010-03-01: 964.22010-04-01: 9492010-05-01: 918.72010-06-01: 867.92010-07-01: 861.32010-08-01: 9062010-09-01: 902.32010-10-01: 860.92010-11-01: 794.62010-12-01: 796.62011-01-01: 836.62011-02-01: 860.32011-03-01: 8892011-04-01: 873.22011-05-01: 836.42011-06-01: 789.72011-07-01: 769.52011-08-01: 813.72011-09-01: 803.92011-10-01: 783.62011-11-01: 740.22011-12-01: 749.72012-01-01: 794.92012-02-01: 818.22012-03-01: 853.32012-04-01: 842.12012-05-01: 823.52012-06-01: 775.22012-07-01: 7582012-08-01: 786.12012-09-01: 780.12012-10-01: 753.72012-11-01: 706.72012-12-01: 719.42013-01-01: 756.92013-02-01: 776.72013-03-01: 812.72013-04-01: 800.32013-05-01: 784.52013-06-01: 740.32013-07-01: 7392013-08-01: 774.62013-09-01: 770.12013-10-01: 738.12013-11-01: 688.92013-12-01: 711.32014-01-01: 762.32014-02-01: 803.22014-03-01: 823.92014-04-01: 807.52014-05-01: 782.82014-06-01: 748.52014-07-01: 746.72014-08-01: 773.12014-09-01: 748.72014-10-01: 702.22014-11-01: 643.92014-12-01: 644.12015-01-01: 683.42015-02-01: 721.92015-03-01: 773.52015-04-01: 774.52015-05-01: 757.52015-06-01: 719.52015-07-01: 7152015-08-01: 755.22015-09-01: 758.32015-10-01: 743.62015-11-01: 708.12015-12-01: 730.92016-01-01: 780.22016-02-01: 818.12016-03-01: 848.22016-04-01: 839.22016-05-01: 802.42016-06-01: 750.92016-07-01: 7262016-08-01: 764.12016-09-01: 757.12016-10-01: 731.42016-11-01: 677.62016-12-01: 691.72017-01-01: 726.72017-02-01: 750.22017-03-01: 772.12017-04-01: 762.52017-05-01: 739.42017-06-01: 6962017-07-01: 690.72017-08-01: 7282017-09-01: 724.92017-10-01: 695.52017-11-01: 6372017-12-01: 6312018-01-01: 644.82018-02-01: 666.52018-03-01: 684.22018-04-01: 669.12018-05-01: 644.82018-06-01: 618.22018-07-01: 626.32018-08-01: 6782018-09-01: 670.62018-10-01: 638.32018-11-01: 562.12018-12-01: 562.22019-01-01: 598.42019-02-01: 636.42019-03-01: 667.62019-04-01: 660.92019-05-01: 628.42019-06-01: 592.82019-07-01: 585.82019-08-01: 635.82019-09-01: 620.62019-10-01: 5912019-11-01: 554.92019-12-01: 572.12020-01-01: 617.62020-02-01: 638.92020-03-01: 759.92020-04-01: 1018.32020-05-01: 1285.82020-06-01: 1371.52020-07-01: 1270.32020-08-01: 1171.12020-09-01: 1068.92020-10-01: 977.32020-11-01: 876.42020-12-01: 874.52021-01-01: 939.92021-02-01: 965.82021-03-01: 976.82021-04-01: 920.12021-05-01: 8912021-06-01: 848.32021-07-01: 832.22021-08-01: 862.32021-09-01: 839.82021-10-01: 773.42021-11-01: 6612021-12-01: 618.92022-01-01: 649.22022-02-01: 648.72022-03-01: 661.42022-04-01: 609.22022-05-01: 594.12022-06-01: 556.72022-07-01: 547.62022-08-01: 600.62022-09-01: 602.12022-10-01: 584.22022-11-01: 520.72022-12-01: 525.12023-01-01: 562.42023-02-01: 592.92023-03-01: 625.52023-04-01: 6242023-05-01: 607.62023-06-01: 589.82023-07-01: 616.12023-08-01: 6752023-09-01: 680.32023-10-01: 655.12023-11-01: 618.32023-12-01: 634.52024-01-01: 687.72024-02-01: 724.52024-03-01: 775.22024-04-01: 765.72024-05-01: 761.72024-06-01: 736.62024-07-01: 744.62024-08-01: 805.12024-09-01: 814.72024-10-01: 812.42024-11-01: 775.42024-12-01: 778.72025-01-01: 821.12025-02-01: 842.72025-03-01: 891.42025-04-01: 880.22025-05-01: 873.42025-06-01: 833.42025-07-01: 838.52025-08-01: 900.52025-09-01: 912.72025-10-01: 887.12025-11-01: 801.22025-12-01: 8042026-01-01: 828.72026-02-01: 862.32026-03-01: 886.52026-04-01: 899.62026-05-01: 875.12026-06-01: 828.42026-07-01: 800.32026-08-01: 844.32026-09-01: 847.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Units: Thousands of persons

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: Total population, Total, all education levels, Unemployment, 25 to 54 years. From the Labour Force Survey (Statistics Canada), table 14-10-0086-01. Expressed in thousands of persons; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey: Total population, Total, all education levels, Unemployment, ages 25 to 54, Canada SC_14100086_53073051, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/SC_14100086_53073051, November 2, 2026.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
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Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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