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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 7 March 2025

Canada Employment Change 7 March 2025: 1.1K for February 2025, below the 20K forecast and down from 76K in January 2025. It is the lowest reading since July 2024. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Mar 2025 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
1.1K
February 2025
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
76K
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 7 March 2025: 1.1K for February 2025 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Mar 2025Feb1.1K20K76K
7 Feb 2025Jan76K25K90.9K
10 Jan 2025Dec90.9K25K50.5K
6 Dec 2024Nov50.5K25K14.5K
8 Nov 2024Oct14.5K25K46.7K
11 Oct 2024Sep46.7K27K22.1K
6 Sep 2024Aug22.1K25K-2.8K
9 Aug 2024Jul-2.8K22.5K-1.4K
5 Jul 2024Jun-1.4K22.5K26.7K
7 Jun 2024May26.7K22.5K90.4K
10 May 2024Apr90.4K18K-2.2K
5 Apr 2024Mar-2.2K25K40.7K
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