Regional unemployment rates used by the Employment Insurance program, by effective date, current month.

Overall, the unemployment rate in Edmonton, AB is growing at a rate of 0.19% per year over the past 15 years from 2001 to 2016. In the last two census, its unemployment rates grew by 2.7%, an average growth rate of 0.54% per year from 2011 to 2016. A growing unemployment rate signals that there is a higher level of competition between job applicants so obtaining a job becomes more difficult.

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides participation rates, and employment and unemployment rates. This dataset is taken from Statistics Canada CANSIM table 14-10-0385-01 and presents the estimated number of people in the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) that are in the labour force, in employment, unemployment and not in the labour force.

Number of persons in the labour force (employment and unemployment), unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by province, gender and age group. Data are presented for 12 months earlier, previous month and current month, as well as year-over-year and month-to-month level change and percentage change. Data are also available for the standard error of the estimate, the standard error of the month-to-month change and the standard error of the year-over-year change.

Overall, the participation rate in Edmonton, AB is growing at a rate of 0.1% per year over the past 15 years from 2001 to 2016. In the last two census, its participation rates declined by 0.9%, an average growth rate of -0.18% per year from 2011 to 2016. A decrease in participation rate means the proportion of the working population in Edmonton, AB is lower than in the past.

Monthly unemployment rate for the Edmonton CMA as reported by Statistics Canada.