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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 6 February 2026

Canada Employment Change 6 February 2026: -24.8K for January 2026, below the 7K forecast and against 8.2K in October 2025 (first reported as 66.6K). It is the lowest reading since August 2025. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 Feb 2026 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
-24.8K
January 2026
Forecast
7K
The market consensus
Previous
8.2K
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 February 2026: -24.8K for January 2026 against a 7K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Feb 2026Jan-24.8K7K8.2K
7 Nov 2025Oct66.6K-2.5K60.4K
10 Oct 2025Sep60.4K5.0K-65.5K
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
The release before:Canada Employment Change 7 November 2025The release after:Canada Employment Change 13 March 2026Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar