Each month, usually on the first Friday of the month, Statistics Canada releases the Labour Force Survey for the previous month. Go to StatCan’s home page at www.statcan.gc.ca. Pick English or French. Click on the “Unemployment rate” link under the “Latest Indicators” heading. This will open the latest unemployment rate update in StatCan’s “The Daily.” Go to the bottom of the page and click Table 1 for the “Labour force characteristics by age and sex—Seasonally adjusted” figures. ow does the unemployment rate compare to the rate one month earlier? How does the unemployment rate compare to the rate one year earlier? Is the labour market improving or worsening?