Canada
CA desk: Canada first; United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.
−0.57 pp
As of 2025 | % of population ages 15+
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.06% |
| 2024 | 60.63% |
| 2023 | 61.82% |
| 2022 | 61.80% |
| 2021 | 60.29% |
| 2020 | 57.91% |
| 2019 | 62.06% |
| 2018 | 61.72% |
| 2017 | 61.56% |
| 2016 | 61.02% |
| 2015 | 61.31% |
| 2014 | 61.38% |
| 2013 | 61.79% |
| 2012 | 61.64% |
| 2011 | 61.51% |
| 2010 | 61.27% |
| 2009 | 61.29% |
| 2008 | 63.04% |
| 2007 | 62.98% |
| 2006 | 62.49% |
| 2005 | 62.22% |
| 2004 | 62.24% |
| 2003 | 62.03% |
| 2002 | 61.30% |
The employment-to-population ratio (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) is employed people as a share of the population aged 15 and over. Latest: 60.06% in 2025.
It is not the unemployment rate. Students, retirees and people outside the labour force sit in the denominator. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 60.06% (2025), previous year 60.63% (2024); low 57.55% (1993), high 63.04% (2008).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).