Unemployment Rate QUESTION

Question

Unemployment rate seems to be calculated differently for the USA and Canada. For example, in the USA, you need to be employed for at least 6 months to receive unemployment.

In Canada, you need to be employed only 3 months to receive unemployment.

How is it that Canada's unemployment rate is higher than the USA? Fuzzy math here? Anyone know the full details?????

Answer 1

The time you are talking about is the time you must be employed to RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, which doesn't have a lot to do with unemployment RATES.