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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228616-17-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170201
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170711
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170711

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759828
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-663-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK JOHN INVESTORS TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			von dem Hagen Halina
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001657275

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04173
		FILM NUMBER:		17959773

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MANULIFE
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M4W 1E5
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    <periodOfReport>2017-02-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000759828</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JHS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001657275</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>von dem Hagen Halina</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MANULIFE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 BLOOR STREET EAST</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M4W 1E5</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Treasurer of the Adviser</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <remarks>This form is being filed as the reporting individual is no longer EVP &amp; Treasurer of the Adviser as of February 1, 2017 and has no transactions to report.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ariel Ayanna, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-07-11</signatureDate>
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                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                 JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
                           SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

As an officer of John Hancock Advisers, LLC, the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna, Thomas Dee,
John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Christopher Sechler,
Betsy Anne Seel, Steven Sunnerberg and Andrew Wilkins, acting singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

          (1) Prepare and execute for the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto regarding Common Shares of the Companies in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

          (2) File any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

          (3) Take any other action which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor
the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be
necessary or appropriate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 29th day of October, 2015.


					/s/ Halina von dem Hagen
					--------------------------------------
					Halina von dem Hagen


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   			                                            APPENDIX A

	LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS

John Hancock Emerging Markets Income Fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Floating Rate High Income Fund
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
John Hancock Investors Trust
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
John Hancock Strategic Diversified Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

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