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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 5 September 2025

Canada Employment Change 5 September 2025: -65.5K for August 2025, below the 7.5K forecast and down from -40.8K in July 2025. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Sep 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
-65.5K
August 2025
Forecast
7.5K
The market consensus
Previous
-40.8K
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 5 September 2025: -65.5K for August 2025 against a 7.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Sep 2025Aug-65.5K7.5K-40.8K
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
The release before:Canada Employment Change 8 August 2025The release after:Canada Employment Change 10 October 2025Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar