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Unemployment rates in Canada and the United States, 1976 to 2016

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% 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 CanadaCanada United StatesUnited States
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Unemployment rates in Canada and the United States, 1976 to 2016, %
  Canada United States
1976 6.9 7.7
1977 7.9 7.1
1978 8.2 6.1
1979 7.3 5.8
1980 7.3 7.1
1981 7.4 7.6
1982 10.8 9.7
1983 11.6 9.6
1984 11.0 7.5
1985 10.1 7.2
1986 9.2 7.0
1987 8.4 6.2
1988 7.4 5.5
1989 7.0 5.3
1990 7.8 5.6
1991 9.8 6.8
1992 10.7 7.5
1993 10.7 6.9
1994 9.6 6.1
1995 8.6 5.6
1996 8.8 5.4
1997 8.4 4.9
1998 7.7 4.5
1999 6.9 4.2
2000 6.1 4.0
2001 6.5 4.7
2002 7.0 5.8
2003 6.9 6.0
2004 6.4 5.5
2005 6.0 5.1
2006 5.5 4.6
2007 5.2 4.6
2008 5.3 5.8
2009 7.4 9.3
2010 7.1 9.6
2011 6.6 8.9
2012 6.4 8.1
2013 6.1 7.4
2014 5.9 6.2
2015 5.9 5.3
2016 6.0 4.9
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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