# Canada Employment, professional, scientific and technical services, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, professional, scientific and technical services, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was up 1.2% year on year in October 2026, compared with 1.5% in September 2026.
The level stood at 2,032.6 thousands of persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.5% (May 2020) to 13.7% (Jun 2021), averaging 3.9%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 2,032.6 thousands of persons | 1.2 |
| September 2026 | 2,037.4 thousands of persons | 1.5 |
| August 2026 | 2,026.8 thousands of persons | 1.3 |
| July 2026 | 2,031.0 thousands of persons | 0.4 |
| June 2026 | 2,014.4 thousands of persons | −0.3 |
| May 2026 | 2,008.5 thousands of persons | −0.08 |
| April 2026 | 1,998.5 thousands of persons | −0.2 |
| March 2026 | 1,998.8 thousands of persons | 0.02 |
| February 2026 | 1,986.7 thousands of persons | 0.05 |
| January 2026 | 1,986.8 thousands of persons | −1.4 |
| December 2025 | 1,998.0 thousands of persons | −0.07 |
| November 2025 | 2,012.2 thousands of persons | 0.2 |
| October 2025 | 2,008.4 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| September 2025 | 2,007.6 thousands of persons | 1.2 |
| August 2025 | 2,000.8 thousands of persons | 1.6 |
| July 2025 | 2,022.2 thousands of persons | 2.2 |
| June 2025 | 2,019.8 thousands of persons | 3.0 |
| May 2025 | 2,010.1 thousands of persons | 2.0 |
| April 2025 | 2,002.4 thousands of persons | 1.8 |
| March 2025 | 1,998.4 thousands of persons | 2.3 |
| February 2025 | 1,985.7 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| January 2025 | 2,014.3 thousands of persons | 3.4 |
| December 2024 | 1,999.3 thousands of persons | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 2,007.7 thousands of persons | 4.2 |

## API

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

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