Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| October 2023 |
November 2023 |
Standard error1 | October to November 2023 | November 2022 to November 2023 | October to November 2023 | November 2022 to November 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,604.2 | 17,653.6 | 35.2 | 49.4 | 504.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Public sector employees | 4,310.6 | 4,322.3 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 113.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Private sector employees | 13,293.6 | 13,331.3 | 34.4 | 37.7 | 390.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,683.4 | 2,658.9 | 22.8 | -24.5 | -4.7 | -0.9 | -0.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,287.6 | 20,312.5 | 30.7 | 24.9 | 499.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,123.4 | 4,161.7 | 19.1 | 38.3 | 69.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Agriculture | 259.3 | 255.7 | 5.6 | -3.6 | -5.0 | -1.4 | -1.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 331.7 | 327.2 | 5.8 | -4.5 | 2.8 | -1.4 | 0.9 |
| Utilities | 151.9 | 153.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Construction | 1,579.3 | 1,595.5 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,801.2 | 1,829.6 | 13.1 | 28.4 | 43.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,164.2 | 16,150.8 | 30.6 | -13.4 | 430.0 | -0.1 | 2.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,976.6 | 2,949.7 | 17.0 | -26.9 | 30.7 | -0.9 | 1.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,052.3 | 1,060.9 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 94.4 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,373.2 | 1,354.8 | 10.7 | -18.4 | -36.8 | -1.3 | -2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,899.0 | 1,899.6 | 13.5 | 0.6 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 685.5 | 691.8 | 10.8 | 6.3 | -8.9 | 0.9 | -1.3 |
| Educational services | 1,522.9 | 1,521.3 | 12.0 | -1.6 | 53.9 | -0.1 | 3.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,693.7 | 2,706.1 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 69.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 852.5 | 857.7 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 59.9 | 0.6 | 7.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,140.3 | 1,138.6 | 12.7 | -1.7 | 42.5 | -0.1 | 3.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 782.9 | 784.3 | 9.3 | 1.4 | 55.1 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| Public administration | 1,185.2 | 1,186.0 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-02 and 14-10-0355-02.
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Also referred to as "Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction."
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