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Canada Employment Level 2026-07-10 08:30 America/Toronto: data, chart, and analysis

The 2026-06-30 Employment Level release printed 21,540,000.00. The previous reading was 21,321,400.00, while the forecast field is 21,310,317.00. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
21,540,000.00
Previous
21,321,400.00
Forecast
21,310,317.00

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Public release ID
cad_employment_2026-07-10

Canada Employment Level release chart

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

Canada Employment Level chart through 2026-06-30
CAD Employment Level readings through 2026-06-30. Latest: 21,540,000.00.

Employment Level release read

The 2026-06-30 Employment Level release printed 21,540,000.00. The previous reading was 21,321,400.00, while the forecast field is 21,310,317.00. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The forecast marker for this release is 21,310,317.00 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

The parent Employment Level 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.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID cad_employment_2026-07-10
API announcement ID cad_employment_2026-06-30
Release time
2026-07-10 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-06-30
Actual value 21,540,000.00
Previous value 21,321,400.00
Forecast 21,310,317.00 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise +229,683.00
Announcement timestamp 1783686600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Canada Employment Level 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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2026-06-05 08:30 America/Toronto · 21,321,400.00

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Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1783686600,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-07-10T08:30:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "cad_employment_2026-06-30",
  "change_from_previous": 218600.0,
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-07-22T04:35:02.107060Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1784694902107059653,
  "date": "2026-06-30",
  "forecast": 21310317.0,
  "forecast_source_label": "FXMacroData Blended Forecast",
  "observation_id": "cad_employment_canonical_level_sa_standard_period_2026-06-30",
  "pct_change_from_previous": 1.03,
  "pct_change_mom": 1.03,
  "pct_change_yoy": 0.42,
  "prediction_type": "fxmacrodata",
  "previous_announcement_datetime": 1780662600,
  "previous_date": "2026-05-31",
  "previous_value": 21321400.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1783686600,
      "val": 21540000.0
    }
  ],
  "val": 21540000.0
}