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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 6 April 2018

Canada Employment Change 6 April 2018: 32.3K for March 2018, above the 20K forecast and up from 15.4K in February 2018. It is the highest reading since December 2017. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 Apr 2018 at 12:30 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
32.3K
March 2018
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
15.4K
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 6 April 2018: 32.3K for March 2018 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Apr 2018Mar32.3K20K15.4K
9 Mar 2018Feb15.4K20K-88K
9 Feb 2018Jan-88K10K64.8K
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
The release before:Canada Employment Change 9 March 2018The release after:Canada Employment Change 11 May 2018Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar