Help-Wanted Index and the unemployment rate, Canada, January 1981 to January 2003

Graph: Help-Wanted Index and the unemployment rate, Canada, January 1981 to January 2003
Data table for the graph
Help-Wanted Index and the unemployment rate, Canada, January 1981 to January 2003
  Help-Wanted Index
(August 1996 = 100)		 Unemployment rate
(%)
January 1981 172 7.4
February 1981 177 7.4
March 1981 178 7.4
April 1981 179 7.1
May 1981 180 7.2
June 1981 178 7.2
July 1981 175 7.2
August 1981 170 7.1
September 1981 163 8.1
October 1981 155 8.3
November 1981 145 8.3
December 1981 135 8.7
January 1982 125 8.6
February 1982 116 8.9
March 1982 107 9.3
April 1982 99 9.8
May 1982 92 10.3
June 1982 85 11.1
July 1982 80 11.9
August 1982 77 12
September 1982 75 12.4
October 1982 75 12.9
November 1982 75 12.9
December 1982 77 13.1
January 1983 78 12.7
February 1983 80 12.7
March 1983 82 12.5
April 1983 85 12.4
May 1983 87 12.4
June 1983 90 12.4
July 1983 92 11.9
August 1983 94 11.7
September 1983 95 11.4
October 1983 97 11.3
November 1983 98 11.3
December 1983 100 11.3
January 1984 103 11.3
February 1984 106 11.3
March 1984 109 11.3
April 1984 113 11.5
May 1984 116 11.7
June 1984 119 11.3
July 1984 121 11.2
August 1984 122 11.3
September 1984 122 11.8
October 1984 122 11.3
November 1984 122 11.4
December 1984 123 11.1
January 1985 126 10.6
February 1985 129 10.8
March 1985 133 11
April 1985 136 10.8
May 1985 140 10.6
June 1985 143 10.7
July 1985 146 10.4
August 1985 149 10.3
September 1985 152 10.2
October 1985 156 10.3
November 1985 159 10.3
December 1985 162 10.1
January 1986 164 9.8
February 1986 165 9.9
March 1986 166 9.8
April 1986 167 9.7
May 1986 168 9.5
June 1986 168 9.6
July 1986 169 9.6
August 1986 171 9.6
September 1986 174 9.5
October 1986 178 9.4
November 1986 183 9.4
December 1986 188 9.5
January 1987 193 9.5
February 1987 197 9.5
March 1987 200 9.4
April 1987 203 9.2
May 1987 207 8.9
June 1987 211 8.9
July 1987 215 8.7
August 1987 220 8.6
September 1987 224 8.4
October 1987 227 8.3
November 1987 231 8.2
December 1987 233 8
January 1988 234 8.1
February 1988 234 7.8
March 1988 234 7.8
April 1988 234 7.7
May 1988 234 7.8
June 1988 235 7.6
July 1988 236 7.8
August 1988 237 7.8
September 1988 237 7.8
October 1988 237 7.8
November 1988 237 7.8
December 1988 239 7.5
January 1989 240 7.5
February 1989 243 7.6
March 1989 244 7.5
April 1989 243 7.8
May 1989 241 7.7
June 1989 239 7.5
July 1989 237 7.5
August 1989 235 7.3
September 1989 234 7.3
October 1989 232 7.2
November 1989 228 7.5
December 1989 223 7.7
January 1990 218 7.9
February 1990 213 7.7
March 1990 207 7.3
April 1990 200 7.6
May 1990 193 7.8
June 1990 185 7.6
July 1990 176 7.9
August 1990 168 8.1
September 1990 159 8.5
October 1990 150 8.8
November 1990 141 9.1
December 1990 133 9.5
January 1991 127 9.8
February 1991 123 10.2
March 1991 120 10.5
April 1991 118 10.3
May 1991 118 10.2
June 1991 117 10.5
July 1991 117 10.5
August 1991 115 10.5
September 1991 114 10.3
October 1991 112 10.3
November 1991 110 10.4
December 1991 108 10.3
January 1992 105 10.4
February 1992 103 10.5
March 1992 101 10.9
April 1992 99 10.7
May 1992 99 10.9
June 1992 99 11.4
July 1992 99 11.3
August 1992 99 11.7
September 1992 100 11.6
October 1992 100 11.4
November 1992 100 12.1
December 1992 101 11.7
January 1993 101 11.2
February 1993 102 11
March 1993 102 11.2
April 1993 102 11.6
May 1993 102 11.6
June 1993 102 11.7
July 1993 101 11.6
August 1993 101 11.2
September 1993 101 11.5
October 1993 101 11.3
November 1993 102 11.2
December 1993 104 11.4
January 1994 106 11.4
February 1994 107 11.1
March 1994 108 10.6
April 1994 109 10.9
May 1994 109 10.7
June 1994 110 10.3
July 1994 112 10.1
August 1994 113 10.2
September 1994 114 10.1
October 1994 115 10
November 1994 116 9.7
December 1994 116 9.6
January 1995 115 9.6
February 1995 114 9.6
March 1995 113 9.7
April 1995 112 9.5
May 1995 110 9.5
June 1995 109 9.5
July 1995 108 9.6
August 1995 106 9.5
September 1995 105 9.2
October 1995 104 9.3
November 1995 103 9.2
December 1995 101 9.4
January 1996 100 9.4
February 1996 99 9.5
March 1996 98 9.6
April 1996 98 9.3
May 1996 98 9.2
June 1996 99 9.8
July 1996 99 9.7
August 1996 100 9.4
September 1996 102 9.9
October 1996 104 9.9
November 1996 106 9.9
December 1996 108 9.7
January 1997 111 9.5
February 1997 113 9.5
March 1997 116 9.3
April 1997 119 9.4
May 1997 121 9.4
June 1997 124 9.1
July 1997 126 8.9
August 1997 128 8.9
September 1997 130 8.8
October 1997 131 8.9
November 1997 133 8.9
December 1997 135 8.5
January 1998 137 8.8
February 1998 139 8.6
March 1998 141 8.4
April 1998 142 8.3
May 1998 143 8.3
June 1998 143 8.4
July 1998 144 8.3
August 1998 144 8.1
September 1998 144 8.2
October 1998 144 8
November 1998 145 8
December 1998 146 8.1
January 1999 148.3 7.9
February 1999 150.6 7.9
March 1999 153.3 7.9
April 1999 156 8.2
May 1999 157.9 7.9
June 1999 159.1 7.6
July 1999 159.6 7.6
August 1999 160.3 7.4
September 1999 161.5 7.5
October 1999 163.3 7.2
November 1999 165.7 6.9
December 1999 167.7 6.8
January 2000 169.3 6.8
February 2000 169.8 6.9
March 2000 169.6 6.9
April 2000 169.4 6.7
May 2000 169.6 6.6
June 2000 170.6 6.7
July 2000 172.3 6.8
August 2000 174.7 7
September 2000 177 6.9
October 2000 178.4 7
November 2000 178.2 6.9
December 2000 176 6.8
January 2001 172.7 6.9
February 2001 168.9 7
March 2001 165.1 7.1
April 2001 161.3 7.1
May 2001 157.3 7
June 2001 153 7.2
July 2001 148.4 7.1
August 2001 143.5 7.2
September 2001 138.3 7.2
October 2001 133.5 7.3
November 2001 129.5 7.5
December 2001 127.2 8.1
January 2002 126.2 8
February 2002 126.4 7.9
March 2002 126.9 7.9
April 2002 127.3 7.7
May 2002 127.3 7.7
June 2002 126.5 7.7
July 2002 124.9 7.6
August 2002 122.6 7.4
September 2002 119.7 7.5
October 2002 116.9 7.5
November 2002 114.6 7.5
December 2002 112.9 7.6
January 2003 111.9 7.4

Notes: Unemployment rate estimates from the Labour Force Survey. The data for the help-wanted index and the unemployment rate are seasonally adjusted.

Sources: CANSIM table 277-0002 (data on the Help-Wanted index) and CANSIM table 282-0087 (data on the unemployment rate).
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