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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 6 May 2022

Canada Employment Change 6 May 2022: 15.3K for April 2022, below the 55K forecast and down from 72.5K in March 2022. It is the lowest reading since January 2022. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 May 2022 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
15.3K
April 2022
Forecast
55K
The market consensus
Previous
72.5K
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 May 2022: 15.3K for April 2022 against a 55K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 May 2022Apr15.3K55K72.5K
8 Apr 2022Mar72.5K80K336.6K
11 Mar 2022Feb336.6K160K-200.1K
4 Feb 2022Jan-200.1K-117.5K78.6K
7 Jan 2022Dec54.7K27.5K153.7K
3 Dec 2021Nov153.7K35K31.2K
5 Nov 2021Oct31.2K50K157.1K
8 Oct 2021Sep157.1K65K90.2K
10 Sep 2021Aug90.2K100K94K
6 Aug 2021Jul94K177.5K230.7K
9 Jul 2021Jun230.7K195K-68K
4 Jun 2021May-68K-20K-207K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 8 April 2022The release after:Canada Employment Change 10 June 2022Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar