The Canadian dollar fell against most currencies on Friday, despite the upbeat data that surpassed analysts' expectations.
The data showed the Canadian economy has added 418,500 new jobs in July, beating forecasts of 395,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate fell to 10.9% in July vs. 12.3% in June, beating forecasts of 11.1%.
The US economy also added 1.8 million new jobs in July, more than forecasts of 1.5 million, and the unemployment rate fell to 10.2% vs. 11.1%.
Coronavirus infections rose to 19.3 million cases globally, with a death toll of more than 718,000 victims, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
As of 15:23 GMT, CAD/USD fell 0.5% to 0.7476, after hitting a high of 0.7529 and a low of 0.7463.