Forex Fundamentals
Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 7 February 2020

Canada Employment Change 7 February 2020: 34.5K for January 2020, above the 15K forecast and against 27.3K in December 2019 (first reported as 35.2K). It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Feb 2020 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
34.5K
January 2020
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
27.3K
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 7 February 2020: 34.5K for January 2020 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

Canada Employment Change 7 February 2020: 34.5K vs 15K forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-employment/2020-02-07

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Feb 2020Jan34.5K15K27.3K
10 Jan 2020Dec35.2K25K-71.2K
6 Dec 2019Nov-71.2K10K-1.8K
8 Nov 2019Oct-1.8K15.9K53.7K
11 Oct 2019Sep53.7K10K81.1K
6 Sep 2019Aug81.1K15K-24.2K
9 Aug 2019Jul-24.2K12.5K-2.2K
5 Jul 2019Jun-2.2K10K27.7K
7 Jun 2019May27.7K8K106.5K
10 May 2019Apr106.5K10K-7.2K
5 Apr 2019Mar-7.2K1K55.9K
8 Mar 2019Feb55.9K0.0K66.8K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 10 January 2020The release after:Canada Employment Change 6 March 2020Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar