Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the intermetallic compound Er 3 Co have been studied. Temperature dependence of magnetization data shows that it exhibits ferromagneticlike bulk magnetic ordering at 14 K. For field changes ͑⌬H͒ of 20 and 50 kOe, the maximum values of isothermal magnetic entropy change are found to be 9 and 17 J/kg K, respectively. For ⌬H = 20 and 50 kOe, the relative cooling powers are found to be 140 and 450 J/kg, respectively. At temperatures above T ord , the spin fluctuations are found to affect the magnetocaloric properties of Er 3 Co.