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    <label>Business Outlook Survey—data by firm size (four quarter moving averages) - Employment</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Firm sizes are defined as follows: small firms have 10 to 99 employees, medium-sized firms have 100 to 499 employees, and large firms have 500 or more employees. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter.]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217700</link>
</groupDetail>
<seriesDetail>
<series id="BOS_EMP_S">
<label>Small firms</label>
<description>Employment, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
<series id="BOS_EMP_M">
<label>Medium-sized firms</label>
<description>Employment, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
<series id="BOS_EMP_L">
<label>Large firms</label>
<description>Employment, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
</seriesDetail>
<observations>
<o d="2004-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">37.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">22.37</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">21.75</v></o>
<o d="2004-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">44.77</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">29.58</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">19.71</v></o>
<o d="2004-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">43.42</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">25.43</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">24.86</v></o>
<o d="2004-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">44.94</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">28.46</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">28.75</v></o>
<o d="2005-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.37</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">28.28</v></o>
<o d="2005-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">42.38</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">33.83</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">31.47</v></o>
<o d="2005-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">48.95</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">35.02</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">37.75</v></o>
<o d="2005-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.62</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">40.97</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">34.88</v></o>
<o d="2006-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">50.68</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">38.59</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">41.63</v></o>
<o d="2006-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">51.93</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">38.32</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">42.21</v></o>
<o d="2006-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">48.10</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">40.41</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">36.58</v></o>
<o d="2006-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">42.03</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.74</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">43.20</v></o>
<o d="2007-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.47</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">35.83</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">39.69</v></o>
<o d="2007-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">44.26</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">38.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">38.42</v></o>
<o d="2007-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">40.86</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">35.80</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">41.21</v></o>
<o d="2007-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">40.25</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.47</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">38.87</v></o>
<o d="2008-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">40.13</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.11</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">35.12</v></o>
<o d="2008-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">44.38</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">21.30</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">35.83</v></o>
<o d="2008-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">43.04</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">19.17</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">32.45</v></o>
<o d="2008-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">36.89</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">9.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">19.23</v></o>
<o d="2009-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">28.69</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">0.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">10.84</v></o>
<o d="2009-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">24.72</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">1.81</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">6.08</v></o>
<o d="2009-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">28.18</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">5.19</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">-1.23</v></o>
<o d="2009-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">35.05</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">18.62</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">14.33</v></o>
<o d="2010-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">39.53</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.27</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">25.04</v></o>
<o d="2010-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">40.89</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">37.21</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">31.47</v></o>
<o d="2010-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">37.68</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">38.18</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">32.14</v></o>
<o d="2010-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">38.39</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">41.16</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">28.26</v></o>
<o d="2011-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">35.63</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.21</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">29.51</v></o>
<o d="2011-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">38.30</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">43.14</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">36.42</v></o>
<o d="2011-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">42.23</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">45.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">39.11</v></o>
<o d="2011-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.95</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">41.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">42.03</v></o>
<o d="2012-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">51.66</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">44.23</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">37.68</v></o>
<o d="2012-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">55.89</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">49.95</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">26.99</v></o>
<o d="2012-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">56.53</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">45.00</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">24.08</v></o>
<o d="2012-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">47.08</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">13.89</v></o>
<o d="2013-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">52.57</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">40.56</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">13.42</v></o>
<o d="2013-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.99</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">30.05</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">16.61</v></o>
<o d="2013-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.99</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.61</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">21.72</v></o>
<o d="2013-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.65</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">29.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">28.70</v></o>
<o d="2014-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">47.34</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.62</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">33.31</v></o>
<o d="2014-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">50.70</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">30.34</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">29.01</v></o>
<o d="2014-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.03</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">36.68</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">29.79</v></o>
<o d="2014-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">48.90</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.16</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">28.51</v></o>
<o d="2015-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">49.33</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.49</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">17.68</v></o>
<o d="2015-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">43.12</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">33.61</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">15.99</v></o>
<o d="2015-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.44</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.70</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">10.68</v></o>
<o d="2015-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.74</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.97</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">2.79</v></o>
<o d="2016-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.31</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">29.63</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">4.01</v></o>
<o d="2016-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.24</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">3.06</v></o>
<o d="2016-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">44.91</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">26.06</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">-0.08</v></o>
<o d="2016-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">55.09</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">31.76</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">5.04</v></o>
<o d="2017-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">56.23</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.39</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">11.52</v></o>
<o d="2017-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">64.96</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.48</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">19.81</v></o>
<o d="2017-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">62.75</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">41.30</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">22.87</v></o>
<o d="2017-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">59.51</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">40.13</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">26.65</v></o>
<o d="2018-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">59.51</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.14</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">30.32</v></o>
<o d="2018-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">54.85</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">41.44</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">30.13</v></o>
<o d="2018-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.88</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">43.76</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">32.12</v></o>
<o d="2018-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">45.95</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">53.50</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">32.14</v></o>
<o d="2019-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">43.15</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">50.24</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">31.15</v></o>
<o d="2019-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">43.48</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.82</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">27.73</v></o>
<o d="2019-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">39.31</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">41.69</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">27.10</v></o>
<o d="2019-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">47.28</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.85</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">27.35</v></o>
<o d="2020-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">47.74</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.03</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">22.24</v></o>
<o d="2020-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">46.85</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.04</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">16.18</v></o>
<o d="2020-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">46.99</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.59</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">12.39</v></o>
<o d="2020-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">41.96</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">36.69</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">13.15</v></o>
<o d="2021-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">41.57</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">43.13</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">19.70</v></o>
<o d="2021-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">47.03</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">55.02</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">31.73</v></o>
<o d="2021-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.93</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">60.27</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">49.98</v></o>
<o d="2021-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">63.80</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">65.94</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">59.97</v></o>
<o d="2022-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">69.90</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">70.32</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">63.25</v></o>
<o d="2022-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">67.89</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">69.04</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">68.32</v></o>
<o d="2022-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">64.32</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">64.12</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">62.15</v></o>
<o d="2022-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">56.19</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">52.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">50.76</v></o>
<o d="2023-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">53.62</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">51.69</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">39.90</v></o>
<o d="2023-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">47.29</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">45.67</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">27.79</v></o>
<o d="2023-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">40.63</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.73</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">21.61</v></o>
<o d="2023-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.65</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">42.73</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">16.33</v></o>
<o d="2024-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">27.26</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">38.37</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">18.14</v></o>
<o d="2024-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">25.80</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">32.57</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">19.59</v></o>
<o d="2024-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">33.13</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">31.19</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">14.39</v></o>
<o d="2024-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">36.91</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">34.35</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">16.51</v></o>
<o d="2025-01-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">37.17</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">27.03</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">15.25</v></o>
<o d="2025-04-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">37.20</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">26.84</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">13.67</v></o>
<o d="2025-07-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">33.41</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">25.26</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">17.28</v></o>
<o d="2025-10-01"><v s="BOS_EMP_S">34.40</v><v s="BOS_EMP_M">16.71</v><v s="BOS_EMP_L">12.74</v></o>
</observations>
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