Data provided by Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey.
An analyst with the American Bureau of Labour Statistics stated that if the Canadian unemployment rate were adjusted to U.S. concepts, it would be reduced by 1 percentage point.
The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out of work due to economic factors that originated in the United States.
[4] The primary cause of the early 1980s recession was a contractionary monetary policy established by the Federal Reserve System to control high inflation.
[5] During the Great Depression, urban unemployment throughout Canada was 19%; Toronto's rate was 17%, according to the census of 1931.