# Canada Employment, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was down 3.0% year on year in October 2026, compared with −3.0% in September 2026.
The level stood at 326.9 thousands of persons.
That is the lowest reading since October 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.2% (Apr 2020) to 13.4% (Sep 2021), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.EMP.M.SA.NACE-RESOURCES`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands of persons
- Coverage: 1998-04-01 to 2026-10-01 (343 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/employment-forestry-fishing-mining-quarrying-oil-and-gas-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 326.9 thousands of persons | −3.0 |
| September 2026 | 327.9 thousands of persons | −3.0 |
| August 2026 | 331.4 thousands of persons | −0.09 |
| July 2026 | 339.1 thousands of persons | 0.9 |
| June 2026 | 344.0 thousands of persons | 2.1 |
| May 2026 | 343.0 thousands of persons | 1.7 |
| April 2026 | 344.8 thousands of persons | 3.3 |
| March 2026 | 350.3 thousands of persons | 2.9 |
| February 2026 | 340.0 thousands of persons | 1.2 |
| January 2026 | 343.6 thousands of persons | 2.0 |
| December 2025 | 343.6 thousands of persons | 0.7 |
| November 2025 | 347.2 thousands of persons | 0.3 |
| October 2025 | 337.0 thousands of persons | −4.9 |
| September 2025 | 338.0 thousands of persons | −4.6 |
| August 2025 | 331.7 thousands of persons | −8.2 |
| July 2025 | 336.1 thousands of persons | −7.6 |
| June 2025 | 336.9 thousands of persons | −6.2 |
| May 2025 | 337.3 thousands of persons | −5.3 |
| April 2025 | 333.9 thousands of persons | −6.5 |
| March 2025 | 340.3 thousands of persons | −2.6 |
| February 2025 | 336.0 thousands of persons | −3.6 |
| January 2025 | 336.9 thousands of persons | −2.6 |
| December 2024 | 341.1 thousands of persons | −1.3 |
| November 2024 | 346.1 thousands of persons | 2.2 |

## API

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

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