Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 8 August 2025

Canada Employment Change 8 August 2025: -40.8K for July 2025, below the 13.5K forecast and down from 83.1K in June 2025. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 8 Aug 2025 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
-40.8K
July 2025
Forecast
13.5K
The market consensus
Previous
83.1K
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 8 August 2025: -40.8K for July 2025 against a 13.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Employment Change 8 August 2025: -40.8K vs 13.5K forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-employment/2025-08-08

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Aug 2025Jul-40.8K13.5K83.1K
11 Jul 2025Jun83.1K0K8.8K
6 Jun 2025May8.8K-15K7.4K
9 May 2025Apr7.4K2.5K-32.6K
4 Apr 2025Mar-32.6K12K1.1K
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