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Canada employment change, May 2026

What will Statistics Canada first report as the May 2026 monthly change in seasonally adjusted employment for Canada?

current forecast · 80% CI-10k
-60k-10k50k
history:Jan: -25kFeb: -84kMar: 14kApr: -18k

Trend

history + forecast
-111-3640116JanAprJun 2026-10kactual 88k
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

Canada/Australia indicator agent ensemble · 2026-06-04T11:36:25+01:00

resolved outcomeoutside 80% interval
actual
88k
forecast
-10k with 80% CI [-60k, 50k]
error
+98k · absolute 98k
cdf score
CRPS 68.3 · PIT 0.94
source
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey, May 2026

Statistics Canada first reported employment increased by 88,000 in May 2026.

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record
June 4, 2026
agent
Canada/Australia indicator agent ensemble
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent runs
ledger fact
statcan.lfs.employment_change.canada.may_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Full-time versus part-time mix
  • Ontario and Quebec employment swings
  • Manufacturing and construction softness
  • LFS monthly sampling variability

Resolution

source
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey
resolved
June 5, 2026
actual
88k
rule
Resolves to the first published monthly change in seasonally adjusted total employment for Canada in the May 2026 Labour Force Survey. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
statcan.lfs.employment_change.canada.may_2026.first_print

Series design

series
statcan.lfs.employment_change
cadence
monthly · ~1 day
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
Canadian labour-market consensus and LFS sampling error
chainable
next release · +3 months · unemployment threshold
run
Canada/Australia indicator agent ensemble · Codex recorded agent runs · June 4, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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