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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 9 October 2020

Canada Employment Change 9 October 2020: 378.2K for September 2020, above the 156.6K forecast and up from 245.8K in August 2020. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 9 Oct 2020 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
378.2K
September 2020
Forecast
156.6K
The market consensus
Previous
245.8K
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 9 October 2020: 378.2K for September 2020 against a 156.6K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
9 Oct 2020Sep378.2K156.6K245.8K
4 Sep 2020Aug245.8K275K418.5K
7 Aug 2020Jul418.5K400K952.9K
10 Jul 2020Jun952.9K700K289.6K
5 Jun 2020May289.6K-500K-1993.8K
8 May 2020Apr-1993.8K-4000K-1010.7K
9 Apr 2020Mar-1010.7K-350K30.3K
6 Mar 2020Feb30.3K10K34.5K
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
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