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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 8 February 2019

Canada Employment Change 8 February 2019: 66.8K for January 2019, above the 8K forecast and against -1.3K in December 2018 (first reported as 9.3K). It is the fifth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 8 Feb 2019 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
66.8K
January 2019
Forecast
8K
The market consensus
Previous
-1.3K
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 8 February 2019: 66.8K for January 2019 against a 8K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Feb 2019Jan66.8K8K-1.3K
4 Jan 2019Dec9.3K5.5K94.1K
7 Dec 2018Nov94.1K11K11.2K
2 Nov 2018Oct11.2K10K63.3K
5 Oct 2018Sep63.3K25K-51.6K
7 Sep 2018Aug-51.6K5K54.1K
10 Aug 2018Jul54.1K17K31.8K
6 Jul 2018Jun31.8K24K-7.5K
8 Jun 2018May-7.5K17.5K-1.1K
11 May 2018Apr-1.1K17.4K32.3K
6 Apr 2018Mar32.3K20K15.4K
9 Mar 2018Feb15.4K20K-88K
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