# Canada Employment, finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was down 1.8% year on year in October 2026, compared with −1.7% in September 2026.
The level stood at 1,475.1 thousands of persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.8% (Apr 2020) to 9.6% (Jul 2021), averaging 2.8%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.EMP.M.SA.NACE-FIRE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands of persons
- Coverage: 1998-04-01 to 2026-10-01 (343 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/employment-finance-insurance-real-estate-rental-and-leasing-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,475.1 thousands of persons | −1.8 |
| September 2026 | 1,478.6 thousands of persons | −1.7 |
| August 2026 | 1,482.5 thousands of persons | −1.0 |
| July 2026 | 1,492.1 thousands of persons | −0.6 |
| June 2026 | 1,474.1 thousands of persons | −2.0 |
| May 2026 | 1,470.2 thousands of persons | −2.1 |
| April 2026 | 1,477.5 thousands of persons | −0.9 |
| March 2026 | 1,472.6 thousands of persons | 0.08 |
| February 2026 | 1,483.8 thousands of persons | 1.4 |
| January 2026 | 1,492.5 thousands of persons | 3.0 |
| December 2025 | 1,491.8 thousands of persons | 2.6 |
| November 2025 | 1,500.6 thousands of persons | 4.6 |
| October 2025 | 1,501.6 thousands of persons | 5.3 |
| September 2025 | 1,504.3 thousands of persons | 4.9 |
| August 2025 | 1,497.6 thousands of persons | 4.3 |
| July 2025 | 1,500.4 thousands of persons | 5.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,504.5 thousands of persons | 5.1 |
| May 2025 | 1,501.2 thousands of persons | 5.2 |
| April 2025 | 1,491.1 thousands of persons | 6.2 |
| March 2025 | 1,471.4 thousands of persons | 4.1 |
| February 2025 | 1,463.4 thousands of persons | 4.5 |
| January 2025 | 1,448.9 thousands of persons | 3.3 |
| December 2024 | 1,454.7 thousands of persons | 5.9 |
| November 2024 | 1,434.2 thousands of persons | 5.4 |

## API

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

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