2024年10月，加拿大的失业率为6.5%，与上月持平，略低于市场预期，即失业率将从8月反弹至近3年来的高点6.6%。这一结果进一步缓解了人们对加拿大经济无法阻止下半年劳动力市场明显疲软的担忧。失业人口增加了900人，达到1429000人。反过来，净就业人数增加了14500人，达到20596900人，但未达到市场预期的25000人。青年失业率急剧下降（-20800至403400），抵消了核心老年人口的急剧增长（21300至803900），而老年人口的失业率基本保持不变。与此同时，劳动力参与率较上月下降0.1个百分点，至64.8%，为2021年1月以来的最低水平。

The unemployment rate in Canada was at 6.5% in October of 2024, remaining unchanged from the previous month and slightly below market expectations that it would have bounced back to the near 3-year high of 6.6% from August. The result further alleviated concerns that the Canadian economy would not be able to halt the marked softening in the labor market undergone in the second half of the year. The unemployed population rose by 900 people to 1,429,000. In turn, net employment rose by 14,500 to 20,596,900 but missed market expectations that it would rise by 25,000. Joblessness fell sharply for the youth (-20,800 to 403,400), offsetting a sharper increase in the core aged population (21,300 to 803,900), while that for the older population was loosely unchanged. In the meantime, the labor force participation rate eased by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month to 64.8%, the lowest since January 2021.