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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM N-Q

                   CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
                        MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES



  Investment Company Act file number 811-21654


                    Pioneer Floating Rate Trust
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


                       60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
              (Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP code)


            Terrence J Cullen, Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.,
                       60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
                    (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (617) 742-7825


Date of fiscal year end:  November 30

Date of reporting period:  August 31, 2010

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small
business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (239.24 and 274.5 of this
chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after
close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to Rule 30b1-5under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b-5).  The Commission may
use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review,
inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q,
and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not
required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q
unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the
information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the
burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20549-0609.  The OMB has reviewed this collection of information
under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.


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ITEM 1. Schedule of Investments.

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Disclose the conclusions of the registrant's principal executive officer or
officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing
similar functions, about the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR
270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report
that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b)
under the Act (17 CFR270.30a-3(b))) and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer
have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are
effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of
a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Disclose any change in the registrant's internal controls over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR270.30a-3(d))
that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.

There were no significant changes in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the
period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.



ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal
financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act
(17 CFR 270.30a-2).

Filed herewith.



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                                   SIGNATURES

                          [See General Instruction F]


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant) Pioneer Floating Rate Trust

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ John F. Cogan, Jr.
John F. Cogan, Jr, President

Date October 28, 2011


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


By (Signature and Title)* /s/ John F. Cogan, Jr.
John F. Cogan, Jr., President

Date October 28, 2011



By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley, Treasurer and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer



Date October 28, 2011

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.