Economic calendar / Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey)
Next Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey)
How many jobs Canada added last month and the unemployment rate.
8:30 a.m. ET, 13:30 UTC. Your time zone: shown in US Eastern time. October 2026.
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Who watches it
CAD pairs (USD/CAD), oil-linked trades.
Official schedule
Dates and times come from Statistics Canada. See the source.
Prop firm news rules for this release
- FTMO: on FTMO's restricted list (Employment Change / Unemployment Rate). On a funded Standard account, no opening or closing on forex pairs with CAD from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after; stop loss and take profit fills count. Challenge, Verification and Swing accounts: no restriction.
- FundingPips (2-Step Standard, funded): listed in its CAD announcements reference. When its dashboard calendar tags the release Restricted, profits of CAD trades opened or closed from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after are deducted, unless opened 5 hours or more before.
- FundedNext (funded): if it is a listed high-impact release, only 40% of the profit from CAD-correlated trades executed 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after counts.
- The5ers (High Stakes): if it is high-impact (red folder) on Forex Factory, no order in the related currency or index may execute from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after.
The four firms' news rules, quoted from their own pages (read October 9, 2026).
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Every scheduled date
| Date | Time (ET) | Your time | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Aug 7, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. | July 2026 | |
| Fri, Sep 4, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. | August 2026 | |
| Fri, Oct 9, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. | September 2026 | |
| Fri, Nov 6, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. | October 2026 | |
| Fri, Dec 4, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. | November 2026 | |
| Fri, Jan 8, 2027 | 8:30 a.m. | December 2026 | |
| Fri, Feb 5, 2027 | 8:30 a.m. | January 2027 | |
| Fri, Mar 12, 2027 | 8:30 a.m. | February 2027 |
Greyed rows have been released.
Questions
When is the next Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey)?
The next Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey) is on Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET (13:30 UTC), according to the official schedule published by Statistics Canada.
What time is the CA Jobs released?
8:30 a.m. ET, which is 13:30 UTC.