Table Data - Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Canada
| Title | Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Canada |
|---|---|
| Series ID | ULQEUL01CAQ657S |
| Source | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Release | Main Economic Indicators (Not a Press Release) |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Units | Growth rate previous period |
| Date Range | 1981-04-01 to 2025-10-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-15 3:30 PM CDT |
| Notes | OECD Data Filters: REF_AREA: CAN MEASURE: ULC UNIT_MEASURE: GR ACTIVITY: _T ADJUSTMENT: Y TRANSFORMATION: G1 FREQ: Q All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD (year), (dataset name), (data source) DOI or https://data-explorer.oecd.org/. (accessed on (date)). |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1981-04-01 | 3.0088276417 |
| 1981-07-01 | 3.9129183551 |
| 1981-10-01 | 3.3899364080 |
| 1982-01-01 | 3.4189078924 |
| 1982-04-01 | 2.2259037607 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.4387791610 |
| 1982-10-01 | 2.1941777378 |
| 1983-01-01 | -0.8805170976 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.9983923928 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.7801004073 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.2041119220 |
| 1984-01-01 | -0.3105419944 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.1781351641 |
| 1984-07-01 | 1.5526685580 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.6937156309 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.7380970430 |
| 1985-04-01 | 1.3083597866 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.6043549695 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0817457383 |
| 1986-01-01 | 1.1737666563 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.8295834317 |
| 1986-07-01 | 1.1209447523 |
| 1986-10-01 | 2.9392513886 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0422383688 |
| 1987-04-01 | 1.1369308569 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.3282045732 |
| 1987-10-01 | 1.3235786467 |
| 1988-01-01 | 1.4861478427 |
| 1988-04-01 | 1.3167986490 |
| 1988-07-01 | 1.9051620904 |
| 1988-10-01 | 1.2833222355 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.9112332254 |
| 1989-04-01 | 1.6030257040 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.7074265566 |
| 1989-10-01 | 1.8158137517 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.5424335864 |
| 1990-04-01 | 1.9880675893 |
| 1990-07-01 | 1.5799711526 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.7621146713 |
| 1991-01-01 | 2.1148789025 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.6386543086 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.8317850674 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.7738402931 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.3221880181 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.6625846650 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0107208108 |
| 1992-10-01 | -0.0574574973 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.2509061805 |
| 1993-04-01 | -0.3749758072 |
| 1993-07-01 | -0.3818412763 |
| 1993-10-01 | -0.4273755633 |
| 1994-01-01 | -1.1099933570 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.1253008711 |
| 1994-07-01 | -0.4555237720 |
| 1994-10-01 | -0.0943824903 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0139147081 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.6312808493 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.9728189279 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.2717978680 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.1360328510 |
| 1996-04-01 | -0.1295436166 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.5229558878 |
| 1996-10-01 | 1.2494256954 |
| 1997-01-01 | -0.0146190304 |
| 1997-04-01 | 1.0429198263 |
| 1997-07-01 | 1.3256880861 |
| 1997-10-01 | -0.6519818295 |
| 1998-01-01 | -0.0595821721 |
| 1998-04-01 | 1.3828989660 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.2323056692 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.1410455033 |
| 1999-01-01 | -1.2199649950 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.9024473106 |
| 1999-07-01 | -0.3032755425 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.5167219410 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1.0146505392 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1.0896102205 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.1097922251 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.5791434782 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.2226556454 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0652272878 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.3179160428 |
| 2001-10-01 | -0.0205083601 |
| 2002-01-01 | -0.3860868204 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.6216220846 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.4537762250 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1.2675085133 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.1545466112 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.4017151971 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.8330064996 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.8227914344 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.7791914638 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.6606997557 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.2302414472 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.1033269117 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.9477815675 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1.0075243168 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.5117841576 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.7251104942 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.6165603228 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1.2278483974 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.9706313392 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1.0491903552 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1.4646437539 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.8851569574 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.1828132108 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1.0178654741 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1.5775663104 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.9049389992 |
| 2008-07-01 | -0.2351697599 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1.2418284069 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1.2694597126 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.6847529577 |
| 2009-07-01 | -0.1493931906 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.3391125612 |
| 2010-01-01 | -0.9212880812 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.4094088757 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.6668470560 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1648837572 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.2736126390 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.3150421072 |
| 2011-07-01 | -0.4417722009 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.5182152267 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.9871287917 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.9897965055 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1.0164933927 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.5470631393 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.4741909236 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0887857163 |
| 2013-07-01 | -0.0251326537 |
| 2013-10-01 | -0.0394494304 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.4498305363 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.1570480270 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.1874607257 |
| 2014-10-01 | -0.1733035239 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1.7095416344 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.7753045034 |
| 2015-07-01 | -0.2692887584 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.1415476918 |
| 2016-01-01 | -1.4539028791 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.6771813572 |
| 2016-07-01 | -0.6987523640 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.0991068531 |
| 2017-01-01 | -0.2068984738 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.1876662135 |
| 2017-07-01 | 2.0752282804 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1.1545214793 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.5505074715 |
| 2018-04-01 | -0.1527144873 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.1710903828 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.8906312752 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.2850852084 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.1932130271 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.0867742325 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1.1063945331 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.9937206215 |
| 2020-04-01 | 4.6702124320 |
| 2020-07-01 | -2.8158442256 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.3911866796 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.4758422215 |
| 2021-04-01 | 1.2865421029 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.4537417596 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.2091624094 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2.1392571126 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.3696297673 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.1410681956 |
| 2022-10-01 | 1.5243542624 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.6087545367 |
| 2023-04-01 | 2.0410446471 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.1698778442 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.8124415198 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.6794832510 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.9578827780 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.8190563686 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.4461179498 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.4717256213 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.5541759021 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.2460251548 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.4993638838 |