Canada

CanadaParticipation

CA desk: Canada first; United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand alongside.

64.52%

−0.22 pp

As of 2025 | % of population ages 15+

Latest
64.52% 2025
Previous year
64.74% 2024
Min
64.10% 2020
Max
67.27% 2008
YearValue
202564.52%
202464.74%
202365.36%
202265.25%
202165.19%
202064.10%
201965.81%
201865.55%
201765.79%
201665.64%
201565.89%
201466.02%
201366.54%
201266.56%
201166.59%
201066.73%
200966.95%
200867.27%
200767.11%
200666.83%
200566.73%
200467.06%
200367.11%
200266.39%
#CountryParticipationChangeYear
27New Zealand70.35%−0.20 pp202550Australia66.54%−0.18 pp202569Canada64.52%−0.22 pp202592United States61.70%−0.26 pp2025
93Mexico61.61%−0.03 pp2025
95United Kingdom61.37%−0.19 pp2025130Euro area56.97%−0.32 pp2025

What labour-force participation is

The labour-force participation rate (SL.TLF.CACT.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) is people who are employed or unemployed as a share of the population aged 15 and over. Latest: 64.52% in 2025.

It measures who is in the market for work, not what they earn. From 1990 to 2025 (36 years): latest 64.52% (2025), previous year 64.74% (2024); low 64.10% (2020), high 67.27% (2008).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).