# Canada Total actual hours worked (main job), all industries, total employed, , unadjusted

Canada Total actual hours worked (main job), all industries, total employed, , unadjusted was up 0.3% year on year in October 2026, compared with −0.1% in September 2026.
The level stood at 646,676 Thousands of hours.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.8% (May 2020) to 36.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA.HOURS.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Thousands of hours
- Coverage: 1992-11-01 to 2026-10-01 (408 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/total-actual-hours-worked-main-job-all-industries-total-employed

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 646,676 Thousands of hours | 0.3 |
| September 2026 | 692,878 Thousands of hours | −0.1 |
| August 2026 | 652,143 Thousands of hours | 1.5 |
| July 2026 | 664,145 Thousands of hours | 1.3 |
| June 2026 | 709,404 Thousands of hours | 0.2 |
| May 2026 | 697,615 Thousands of hours | 0.4 |
| April 2026 | 681,202 Thousands of hours | 7.9 |
| March 2026 | 645,471 Thousands of hours | −1.6 |
| February 2026 | 630,538 Thousands of hours | −4.7 |
| January 2026 | 671,035 Thousands of hours | −0.07 |
| December 2025 | 681,715 Thousands of hours | 0.2 |
| November 2025 | 658,664 Thousands of hours | 0.1 |
| October 2025 | 644,747 Thousands of hours | 0.04 |
| September 2025 | 693,692 Thousands of hours | 0.7 |
| August 2025 | 642,424 Thousands of hours | 0.6 |
| July 2025 | 655,793 Thousands of hours | 0.8 |
| June 2025 | 708,138 Thousands of hours | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 694,492 Thousands of hours | 0.9 |
| April 2025 | 631,282 Thousands of hours | −6.9 |
| March 2025 | 655,771 Thousands of hours | 1.1 |
| February 2025 | 661,742 Thousands of hours | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 671,485 Thousands of hours | 2.0 |
| December 2024 | 680,286 Thousands of hours | 1.8 |
| November 2024 | 657,873 Thousands of hours | −1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.HOURS.M.NSA"

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