# Canada Employment, construction, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, construction, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was up 2.9% year on year in October 2026, compared with 1.2% in September 2026.
The level stood at 1,662.4 thousands of persons.
That is the highest reading since June 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.3% (Apr 2020) to 23.5% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.9%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,662.4 thousands of persons | 2.9 |
| September 2026 | 1,646.8 thousands of persons | 1.2 |
| August 2026 | 1,647.5 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| July 2026 | 1,646.0 thousands of persons | 1.5 |
| June 2026 | 1,630.3 thousands of persons | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 1,643.2 thousands of persons | 0.7 |
| April 2026 | 1,616.4 thousands of persons | −1.3 |
| March 2026 | 1,632.1 thousands of persons | −0.5 |
| February 2026 | 1,628.1 thousands of persons | −0.9 |
| January 2026 | 1,639.9 thousands of persons | −0.4 |
| December 2025 | 1,631.0 thousands of persons | −0.2 |
| November 2025 | 1,621.7 thousands of persons | −0.6 |
| October 2025 | 1,615.4 thousands of persons | −0.5 |
| September 2025 | 1,626.8 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| August 2025 | 1,633.8 thousands of persons | 2.1 |
| July 2025 | 1,621.0 thousands of persons | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 1,635.9 thousands of persons | 3.2 |
| May 2025 | 1,631.9 thousands of persons | 2.8 |
| April 2025 | 1,637.9 thousands of persons | 1.8 |
| March 2025 | 1,640.9 thousands of persons | 1.3 |
| February 2025 | 1,642.7 thousands of persons | 2.6 |
| January 2025 | 1,647.2 thousands of persons | 3.9 |
| December 2024 | 1,634.2 thousands of persons | 1.8 |
| November 2024 | 1,631.4 thousands of persons | 0.9 |

## API

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

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