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Canada Business Confidence Planned 2026-10-19 11:30 America/Toronto: data, chart, and analysis

Canada Business Confidence came in at 49.84 on Oct 19, 2026, compared with 49.81 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Canada context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
49.84
Previous
49.81
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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Canada Business Confidence release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Canada Business Confidence chart through 2026-09-30
CAD Business Confidence readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 49.84.

Business Confidence release read

Canada Business Confidence came in at 49.84 on Oct 19, 2026, compared with 49.81 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Canada context, and API access for this series.

The parent Business Confidence page shows the full time series for Canada. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For CAD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
1,103 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

19 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

19 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 19 Oct 2026
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 1,103 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 1,103 ms after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID cad_business_confidence_2026-10-19
API announcement ID cad_business_confidence_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-19 15:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 49.84
Previous value 49.81
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1792423800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Canada Business Confidence history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Canada Business Confidence.

What did Canada Business Confidence come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Canada Business Confidence was 49.84 Index (0-100 normalized) in Q3 2026. The previous reading was 49.81 Index (0-100 normalized).

When was this Canada Business Confidence release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 19, 2026 at 11:30 America/Toronto. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next Canada Business Confidence release?

The next Canada Business Confidence release is scheduled for Jan 18, 2027.

What is the official source for Canada Business Confidence?

National Statistics Office publishes the official Business Confidence series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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  "announcement_id": "cad_business_confidence_2026-09-30",
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  "original_val": -0.33,
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  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
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    "basis": "catalogue",
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  },
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}