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Unemployment Rate: Montreal CMA

(UNRATE_CMA_MONTREAL)
Observations
Sep 2026: 6.8
Updated: 2026-11-02, 9:09:22 a.m. ET
Units
Percent,
Three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey
Series ID
UNRATE_CMA_MONTREAL
Table 14-10-0459-01
CREDUnemployment Rate: Montreal CMA
COVID-19 recession4681012141620112013201520172019202120232026Percent2011-01-01: 8.32011-02-01: 82011-03-01: 82011-04-01: 82011-05-01: 8.22011-06-01: 8.32011-07-01: 8.32011-08-01: 8.42011-09-01: 8.22011-10-01: 8.52011-11-01: 8.72011-12-01: 9.32012-01-01: 9.42012-02-01: 9.62012-03-01: 9.42012-04-01: 9.22012-05-01: 8.92012-06-01: 8.82012-07-01: 8.42012-08-01: 8.12012-09-01: 7.92012-10-01: 8.12012-11-01: 8.32012-12-01: 8.32013-01-01: 8.22013-02-01: 82013-03-01: 8.22013-04-01: 8.42013-05-01: 8.42013-06-01: 8.12013-07-01: 8.12013-08-01: 8.32013-09-01: 8.52013-10-01: 8.32013-11-01: 82013-12-01: 8.12014-01-01: 8.32014-02-01: 8.52014-03-01: 8.32014-04-01: 8.22014-05-01: 82014-06-01: 82014-07-01: 8.22014-08-01: 8.32014-09-01: 8.42014-10-01: 8.22014-11-01: 8.42014-12-01: 82015-01-01: 7.92015-02-01: 7.72015-03-01: 7.92015-04-01: 82015-05-01: 8.42015-06-01: 8.82015-07-01: 8.92015-08-01: 8.92015-09-01: 8.62015-10-01: 8.62015-11-01: 8.62015-12-01: 8.72016-01-01: 8.62016-02-01: 8.72016-03-01: 8.72016-04-01: 8.72016-05-01: 8.52016-06-01: 8.32016-07-01: 82016-08-01: 7.62016-09-01: 7.42016-10-01: 72016-11-01: 6.72016-12-01: 6.62017-01-01: 6.72017-02-01: 6.92017-03-01: 6.92017-04-01: 6.72017-05-01: 6.52017-06-01: 6.52017-07-01: 6.32017-08-01: 6.42017-09-01: 6.32017-10-01: 6.72017-11-01: 6.52017-12-01: 6.32018-01-01: 62018-02-01: 6.32018-03-01: 6.32018-04-01: 6.42018-05-01: 62018-06-01: 62018-07-01: 5.92018-08-01: 6.22018-09-01: 6.32018-10-01: 6.22018-11-01: 5.92018-12-01: 5.92019-01-01: 62019-02-01: 62019-03-01: 5.82019-04-01: 5.52019-05-01: 5.42019-06-01: 5.52019-07-01: 5.62019-08-01: 5.52019-09-01: 5.42019-10-01: 5.42019-11-01: 5.82019-12-01: 5.72020-01-01: 5.62020-02-01: 5.42020-03-01: 6.42020-04-01: 10.82020-05-01: 14.42020-06-01: 15.42020-07-01: 12.92020-08-01: 11.52020-09-01: 10.32020-10-01: 9.42020-11-01: 8.52020-12-01: 8.32021-01-01: 8.42021-02-01: 8.22021-03-01: 8.22021-04-01: 7.72021-05-01: 7.62021-06-01: 7.42021-07-01: 7.22021-08-01: 6.82021-09-01: 6.72021-10-01: 6.32021-11-01: 5.92021-12-01: 5.42022-01-01: 5.12022-02-01: 5.12022-03-01: 52022-04-01: 4.92022-05-01: 52022-06-01: 5.12022-07-01: 4.92022-08-01: 4.82022-09-01: 4.82022-10-01: 4.72022-11-01: 4.52022-12-01: 4.42023-01-01: 4.72023-02-01: 4.92023-03-01: 4.92023-04-01: 4.82023-05-01: 4.62023-06-01: 4.52023-07-01: 4.72023-08-01: 4.92023-09-01: 5.12023-10-01: 5.42023-11-01: 5.72023-12-01: 62024-01-01: 5.92024-02-01: 5.92024-03-01: 5.82024-04-01: 5.82024-05-01: 62024-06-01: 6.22024-07-01: 6.52024-08-01: 6.72024-09-01: 6.52024-10-01: 6.62024-11-01: 6.62024-12-01: 6.62025-01-01: 6.52025-02-01: 6.42025-03-01: 6.62025-04-01: 6.82025-05-01: 6.82025-06-01: 6.92025-07-01: 6.62025-08-01: 6.72025-09-01: 6.42025-10-01: 6.32025-11-01: 5.92025-12-01: 5.92026-01-01: 6.12026-02-01: 6.62026-03-01: 6.62026-04-01: 7.12026-05-01: 6.92026-06-01: 6.72026-07-01: 6.32026-08-01: 6.32026-09-01: 6.8
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Source: Statistics Canada

Release: Labour Force Survey

Units: Percent, Three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: The unemployment rate for the Montreal census metropolitan area from the Labour Force Survey, in percent. CMA figures are three-month moving averages, which smooths the smaller sample, and they measure labour markets where people actually live and commute rather than within provincial borders. Seasonally adjusted; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Unemployment Rate: Montreal CMA UNRATE_CMA_MONTREAL, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/UNRATE_CMA_MONTREAL, November 2, 2026.

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