# Canada Capacity Utilization

Canada Capacity Utilization was 81.9% in August 2026, up 1.2 percentage points from July 2026 and up 3.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Among the 4 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the highest.
Over the past available history it has ranged from 54.6% (Apr 2020) to 83.7% (Mar 2018), averaging 78.4%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.CAPUTIL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2017-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (116 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/capacity-utilization

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| August 2026 | 81.9% |
| July 2026 | 80.7% |
| June 2026 | 82.8% |
| May 2026 | 81.9% |
| April 2026 | 80.0% |
| March 2026 | 81.5% |
| February 2026 | 77.0% |
| January 2026 | 75.6% |
| December 2025 | 76.9% |
| November 2025 | 78.3% |
| October 2025 | 80.4% |
| September 2025 | 80.5% |
| August 2025 | 78.8% |
| July 2025 | 77.3% |
| June 2025 | 78.4% |
| May 2025 | 78.2% |
| April 2025 | 77.1% |
| March 2025 | 80.2% |
| February 2025 | 77.4% |
| January 2025 | 78.2% |
| December 2024 | 75.6% |
| November 2024 | 79.9% |
| October 2024 | 80.5% |
| September 2024 | 78.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.CAPUTIL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.CAPUTIL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```