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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 5 January 2018

Canada Employment Change 5 January 2018: 78.6K for December 2017, above the 1K forecast and down from 79.5K in November 2017. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Jan 2018 at 13:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
78.6K
December 2017
Forecast
1K
The market consensus
Previous
79.5K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A substantial beat would usually support the Canadian dollar, especially if full-time jobs and hours also rise.

Canada Employment Change 5 January 2018: 78.6K for December 2017 against a 1K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Jan 2018Dec78.6K1K79.5K
1 Dec 2017Nov79.5K10.0K35.3K
3 Nov 2017Oct35.3K15K10K
6 Oct 2017Sep10.0K14.5K22.2K
8 Sep 2017Aug22.2K19K10.9K
4 Aug 2017Jul10.9K10K45.3K
7 Jul 2017Jun45.3K10.0K54.5K
9 Jun 2017May54.5K11K3.2K
5 May 2017Apr3.2K10K19.4K
7 Apr 2017Mar19.4K5K15.3K
10 Mar 2017Feb15.3K2.5K48.3K
10 Feb 2017Jan48.3K-5K46.1K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 1 December 2017The release after:Canada Employment Change 9 February 2018Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar