# Canada Employment, manufacturing, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, manufacturing, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was down 0.9% year on year in October 2026, compared with −0.7% in September 2026.
The level stood at 1,838.1 thousands of persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.8% (Apr 2020) to 21.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 1,838.1 thousands of persons | −0.9 |
| September 2026 | 1,834.3 thousands of persons | −0.7 |
| August 2026 | 1,847.0 thousands of persons | 1.2 |
| July 2026 | 1,824.9 thousands of persons | −0.8 |
| June 2026 | 1,813.8 thousands of persons | −1.1 |
| May 2026 | 1,830.6 thousands of persons | 0.3 |
| April 2026 | 1,815.9 thousands of persons | −1.1 |
| March 2026 | 1,817.4 thousands of persons | −2.4 |
| February 2026 | 1,814.9 thousands of persons | −2.8 |
| January 2026 | 1,824.1 thousands of persons | −2.7 |
| December 2025 | 1,851.6 thousands of persons | 0.07 |
| November 2025 | 1,847.8 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| October 2025 | 1,854.7 thousands of persons | −0.04 |
| September 2025 | 1,847.2 thousands of persons | −0.2 |
| August 2025 | 1,825.1 thousands of persons | −2.1 |
| July 2025 | 1,839.5 thousands of persons | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 1,833.5 thousands of persons | −1.5 |
| May 2025 | 1,825.1 thousands of persons | −1.8 |
| April 2025 | 1,835.7 thousands of persons | −1.1 |
| March 2025 | 1,861.4 thousands of persons | 0.9 |
| February 2025 | 1,866.7 thousands of persons | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 1,874.6 thousands of persons | 1.8 |
| December 2024 | 1,850.3 thousands of persons | 0.02 |
| November 2024 | 1,833.9 thousands of persons | −1.5 |

## API

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

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