Canada’s Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.1% in March as Job Growth Comes to a Halt

A woman moves past a jobs advertisement sign in Toronto on April 29, 2020. The Canadian Press//Nathan Denette

Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in March as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported on April 5.

The figure is up from 5.8 percent in February and marks the largest increase in the unemployment rate since summer 2022.