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QuickStats: Facts and figures about employment in Canada in month of December
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Original Publication Date: January 8, 2015 9:45PM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 9:05PM
OTTAWA – A quick look at December unemployment (previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.6)
Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.6)
Labour force participation rate: 65.9 per cent (66.0)
Number unemployed: 1,271,800 (1,278,600)
Number working: 17,953,600 (17,957,900)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment: 13.3 per cent (13.0)
Men (25 plus) unemployment: 5.7 per cent (5.8)
Women (25 plus) unemployment: 5.2 per cent (5.2)
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