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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 6 August 2021

Canada Employment Change 6 August 2021: 94K for July 2021, below the 177.5K forecast and down from 230.7K in June 2021. 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 Aug 2021 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
94K
July 2021
Forecast
177.5K
The market consensus
Previous
230.7K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss or outright job losses would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar by pointing to a softer labour market and greater scope for rate cuts.

Canada Employment Change 6 August 2021: 94K for July 2021 against a 177.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Aug 2021Jul94K177.5K230.7K
9 Jul 2021Jun230.7K195K-68K
4 Jun 2021May-68K-20K-207K
7 May 2021Apr-207.1K-175K303.1K
9 Apr 2021Mar303.1K100K259.2K
12 Mar 2021Feb259.2K75K-212.8K
5 Feb 2021Jan-212.8K-47.5K-52.7K
8 Jan 2021Dec-62.6K-27.5K62.1K
4 Dec 2020Nov62K20K83.6K
6 Nov 2020Oct83.6K100K378.2K
9 Oct 2020Sep378.2K156.6K245.8K
4 Sep 2020Aug245.8K275K418.5K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 9 July 2021The release after:Canada Employment Change 10 September 2021Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar