Both the employment rate and the participation rate—the total labour force expressed as a percentage of the working-age population—remain higher in Canada than in the U.S. With strong job creation in Canada, the unemployment rate fell from nearly 8.0 per cent in August 2003 to a low of 7.0 per cent in January 2005, despite near record rates of participation in the labour market.
Le taux d’emploi et le taux d’activité (l’ensemble de la population active en pourcentage de la population en âge de travailler) sont demeurés plus élevés au Canada qu’aux États-Unis.