Unemployment Rate: Toronto CMA

(UNRATE_CMA_TORONTO)
Observations
Sep 2026: 6.9
Updated: 2026-11-02, 6:52:33 a.m. ET
Units
Percent,
Three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey
Series ID
UNRATE_CMA_TORONTO
Table 14-10-0459-01
CREDUnemployment Rate: Toronto CMA
COVID-19 recession567891011121314151620112013201520172019202120232026Percent2011-01-01: 8.42011-02-01: 8.52011-03-01: 8.82011-04-01: 92011-05-01: 9.12011-06-01: 8.92011-07-01: 8.72011-08-01: 8.52011-09-01: 8.42011-10-01: 8.52011-11-01: 8.62011-12-01: 8.62012-01-01: 8.72012-02-01: 8.82012-03-01: 8.92012-04-01: 8.92012-05-01: 9.12012-06-01: 9.12012-07-01: 92012-08-01: 92012-09-01: 8.92012-10-01: 8.82012-11-01: 8.62012-12-01: 8.62013-01-01: 8.52013-02-01: 8.32013-03-01: 8.22013-04-01: 8.12013-05-01: 82013-06-01: 82013-07-01: 8.12013-08-01: 8.22013-09-01: 8.22013-10-01: 8.12013-11-01: 8.22013-12-01: 8.22014-01-01: 8.22014-02-01: 8.22014-03-01: 82014-04-01: 7.82014-05-01: 7.92014-06-01: 8.22014-07-01: 8.52014-08-01: 8.52014-09-01: 8.42014-10-01: 8.12014-11-01: 82014-12-01: 7.72015-01-01: 7.62015-02-01: 7.52015-03-01: 7.52015-04-01: 7.42015-05-01: 7.12015-06-01: 6.92015-07-01: 6.72015-08-01: 6.82015-09-01: 6.92015-10-01: 7.22015-11-01: 7.22015-12-01: 7.32016-01-01: 7.12016-02-01: 7.22016-03-01: 7.22016-04-01: 7.62016-05-01: 7.52016-06-01: 72016-07-01: 6.62016-08-01: 6.62016-09-01: 72016-10-01: 72016-11-01: 6.92016-12-01: 72017-01-01: 7.12017-02-01: 7.32017-03-01: 7.22017-04-01: 6.92017-05-01: 6.82017-06-01: 6.62017-07-01: 6.72017-08-01: 6.42017-09-01: 6.32017-10-01: 6.12017-11-01: 6.32017-12-01: 6.52018-01-01: 6.42018-02-01: 6.22018-03-01: 5.92018-04-01: 5.82018-05-01: 62018-06-01: 6.22018-07-01: 6.22018-08-01: 6.12018-09-01: 62018-10-01: 6.12018-11-01: 6.22018-12-01: 6.22019-01-01: 6.22019-02-01: 6.32019-03-01: 6.52019-04-01: 6.52019-05-01: 6.22019-06-01: 5.92019-07-01: 5.72019-08-01: 5.82019-09-01: 5.62019-10-01: 5.52019-11-01: 5.52019-12-01: 5.42020-01-01: 5.32020-02-01: 5.42020-03-01: 6.52020-04-01: 8.82020-05-01: 12.42020-06-01: 14.32020-07-01: 15.12020-08-01: 13.82020-09-01: 12.72020-10-01: 11.22020-11-01: 10.42020-12-01: 10.52021-01-01: 11.22021-02-01: 11.62021-03-01: 10.82021-04-01: 10.12021-05-01: 102021-06-01: 10.32021-07-01: 102021-08-01: 9.32021-09-01: 8.82021-10-01: 8.22021-11-01: 7.72021-12-01: 7.42022-01-01: 7.82022-02-01: 7.62022-03-01: 7.32022-04-01: 6.52022-05-01: 6.22022-06-01: 62022-07-01: 5.82022-08-01: 5.72022-09-01: 5.92022-10-01: 6.12022-11-01: 6.42022-12-01: 6.32023-01-01: 6.22023-02-01: 5.92023-03-01: 5.82023-04-01: 5.72023-05-01: 5.82023-06-01: 6.12023-07-01: 6.32023-08-01: 6.52023-09-01: 6.52023-10-01: 6.72023-11-01: 6.82023-12-01: 6.92024-01-01: 72024-02-01: 7.22024-03-01: 7.52024-04-01: 7.72024-05-01: 7.82024-06-01: 7.72024-07-01: 7.62024-08-01: 82024-09-01: 82024-10-01: 8.12024-11-01: 8.32024-12-01: 8.52025-01-01: 8.82025-02-01: 8.62025-03-01: 8.72025-04-01: 8.62025-05-01: 8.72025-06-01: 8.72025-07-01: 8.92025-08-01: 8.82025-09-01: 8.82025-10-01: 8.62025-11-01: 8.22025-12-01: 8.12026-01-01: 7.92026-02-01: 8.12026-03-01: 8.12026-04-01: 8.22026-05-01: 7.62026-06-01: 7.22026-07-01: 6.82026-08-01: 6.82026-09-01: 6.9
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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Notes

Units: Percent, Three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes: The unemployment rate for the Toronto census metropolitan area from the Labour Force Survey, in percent. CMA figures are three-month moving averages, which smooths the smaller sample, and they measure labour markets where people actually live and commute rather than within provincial borders. Seasonally adjusted; published monthly.

Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Unemployment Rate: Toronto CMA UNRATE_CMA_TORONTO, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/UNRATE_CMA_TORONTO, November 2, 2026.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
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Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
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