# Canada Employment, retail trade, thousands (seasonally adjusted)

Canada Employment, retail trade, thousands (seasonally adjusted) was down 2.3% year on year in October 2026, compared with −0.2% in September 2026.
The level stood at 2,229.4 thousands of persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.1% (Apr 2020) to 24.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.9%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 2,229.4 thousands of persons | −2.3 |
| September 2026 | 2,234.5 thousands of persons | −0.2 |
| August 2026 | 2,263.0 thousands of persons | −0.6 |
| July 2026 | 2,241.7 thousands of persons | −2.9 |
| June 2026 | 2,232.7 thousands of persons | −3.0 |
| May 2026 | 2,238.4 thousands of persons | −1.5 |
| April 2026 | 2,275.8 thousands of persons | 0.7 |
| March 2026 | 2,244.1 thousands of persons | −1.5 |
| February 2026 | 2,248.0 thousands of persons | −2.0 |
| January 2026 | 2,249.6 thousands of persons | −0.6 |
| December 2025 | 2,257.4 thousands of persons | 0.8 |
| November 2025 | 2,254.9 thousands of persons | −0.3 |
| October 2025 | 2,281.3 thousands of persons | 2.2 |
| September 2025 | 2,239.3 thousands of persons | 0.2 |
| August 2025 | 2,277.0 thousands of persons | 3.3 |
| July 2025 | 2,307.5 thousands of persons | 6.3 |
| June 2025 | 2,301.0 thousands of persons | 4.7 |
| May 2025 | 2,271.6 thousands of persons | 3.1 |
| April 2025 | 2,258.9 thousands of persons | 1.4 |
| March 2025 | 2,278.6 thousands of persons | 2.2 |
| February 2025 | 2,294.8 thousands of persons | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 2,262.9 thousands of persons | 0.07 |
| December 2024 | 2,240.1 thousands of persons | −1.1 |
| November 2024 | 2,260.7 thousands of persons | −0.9 |

## API

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

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