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2025-05-10 14:18:37 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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This post only shows the rate after January 2022, which can be misleading when referring to "record high unemployment". The unemployment rate in Canada averaged 7.56% from 1966 to 2025. It reached an all-time high of 14.2% in May 2020. https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/unemployment-rate#:~:text=Unemployment%20Rate%20in%20Canada%20averaged,percent%20in%20June%20of%201966. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410002001&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=2.8&pickMembers%5B2%5D=4.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=5.1&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=1990&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2024&referencePeriods=19900101%2C20240101
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