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Canada: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)

65.28percent · 2025-1.2% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Canada from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202565.282
202465.45
202365.789
202265.486
202165.451
202064.36
201966.008
201865.774
201765.984
201665.797
201566.051
201466.19
201366.686
201266.708
201166.831
201067.052
200967.275
200867.596
200767.46
200667.192
200567.142
200467.487
200367.561
200266.862
200165.907
200065.762
199965.529
199865.126
199764.872
199664.673
199564.824
199465.155
199365.338
199265.701
199166.577
199067.145
198967.263
198866.849
198766.473
198666.106
198565.646
198465.047
198364.726
198264.396
198165.034
198064.27
197963.671
197862.741
197761.858
197661.503
197158.023
196154.044

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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