# Canada Employment, accommodation and food services, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, accommodation and food services, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was up 0.2% year on year in October 2026, compared with 0.9% in September 2026.
The level stood at 1,187.0 thousands of persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −50.0% (Apr 2020) to 41.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.EMP.M.SA.NACE-ACCFOOD`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands of persons
- Coverage: 1998-04-01 to 2026-10-01 (343 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/employment-accommodation-and-food-services-thousands-seasonally-adjusted

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,187.0 thousands of persons | 0.2 |
| September 2026 | 1,194.9 thousands of persons | 0.9 |
| August 2026 | 1,193.9 thousands of persons | 1.3 |
| July 2026 | 1,199.6 thousands of persons | 2.5 |
| June 2026 | 1,204.0 thousands of persons | 3.4 |
| May 2026 | 1,189.3 thousands of persons | 3.0 |
| April 2026 | 1,172.3 thousands of persons | 0.3 |
| March 2026 | 1,159.3 thousands of persons | −1.3 |
| February 2026 | 1,169.3 thousands of persons | −0.7 |
| January 2026 | 1,178.0 thousands of persons | 0.2 |
| December 2025 | 1,185.5 thousands of persons | 1.8 |
| November 2025 | 1,196.1 thousands of persons | 3.5 |
| October 2025 | 1,184.1 thousands of persons | 3.5 |
| September 2025 | 1,184.4 thousands of persons | 4.2 |
| August 2025 | 1,178.4 thousands of persons | 3.8 |
| July 2025 | 1,169.9 thousands of persons | 2.0 |
| June 2025 | 1,164.6 thousands of persons | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 1,155.0 thousands of persons | 0.5 |
| April 2025 | 1,168.9 thousands of persons | 3.3 |
| March 2025 | 1,174.6 thousands of persons | 6.4 |
| February 2025 | 1,177.7 thousands of persons | 4.5 |
| January 2025 | 1,175.8 thousands of persons | 6.4 |
| December 2024 | 1,164.7 thousands of persons | 2.8 |
| November 2024 | 1,155.4 thousands of persons | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.EMP.M.SA.NACE-ACCFOOD"

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