2007 National Vital Signs Report
Work
Canada’s unemployment rate in 2006 (6.3%) was the lowest in a generation, and the first half of 2007 was even lower, at 6.1%. Long-term rates, for those out of work for 27 weeks or longer, also reached record lows. However, we also know that unattached individuals, Aboriginal people, recent immigrants, youth, people with disabilities, and other specific groups continue to experience higher than average unemployment. Aboriginal Canadians, for example, are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as non-Aboriginals (16.5% vs. 5.9% in 2001).8
