Consistently Higher Union Membership in Canada Than US
Union Membership by Country, Percent of Employees, 1997–2025
This line chart shows the percentage of wage and salary employees who were union members by year and country for Canada and the US from 1997 through 2025. Canada consistently has higher and more stable rates of union membership than the US. In 2025, union membership density in Canada was 28.5 percent, compared to 10.0 percent in the US.
US estimates for 2025 reflect the average over 11 months due to missing data in October 2025.
