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Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees

Industry group (North American Industry Classification System)

December 2005

November 2006^r

December 2006^p

November to December 2006

December 2005 to December 2006

Year-to-date average 2006¹

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Industrial aggregate

737.25

756.82

757.27

0.1

2.7

3.0

Forestry, logging and support

936.67

956.48

953.73

-0.3

1.8

4.5

Mining and oil and gas

1,329.93

1,351.06

1,350.24

-0.1

1.5

2.5

Utilities

1,073.57

1,099.09

1,100.65

0.1

2.5

2.0

Construction

883.05

899.78

899.51

0.0

1.9

1.8

Manufacturing

898.46

918.25

919.45

0.1

2.3

2.4

Wholesale trade

849.18

888.08

896.39

0.9

5.6

5.2

Retail trade

477.65

476.55

478.55

0.4

0.2

2.2

Transportation and warehousing

779.79

790.82

800.42

1.2

2.6

1.2

Information and cultural industries

912.52

942.45

941.67

-0.1

3.2

5.7

Finance and insurance

942.53

977.17

976.82

0.0

3.6

2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

664.99

672.44

688.15

2.3

3.5

3.9

Professional, scientific and technical services

962.08

975.25

983.43

0.8

2.2

1.2

Management of companies and enterprises

936.31

943.23

957.33

1.5

2.2

5.0

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

589.36

626.42

617.68

-1.4

4.8

3.9

Educational services

822.44

830.34

826.18

-0.5

0.5

3.1

Health care and social assistance

664.64

681.91

684.49

0.4

3.0

3.6

Arts, entertainment and recreation

420.87

439.39

438.86

-0.1

4.3

2.2

Accommodation and food services

321.85

343.49

337.39

-1.8

4.8

5.9

Other services (excluding public administration)

569.90

591.60

595.78

0.7

4.5

3.0

Public administration

913.97

944.50

943.72

-0.1

3.3

3.5

Provinces and territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

684.75

696.37

709.76

1.9

3.7

4.1

Prince Edward Island

578.98

602.75

611.29

1.4

5.6

3.6

Nova Scotia

643.62

661.68

665.23

0.5

3.4

2.6

New Brunswick

679.23

693.01

698.77

0.8

2.9

3.3

Quebec

699.04

718.29

715.51

-0.4

2.4

2.6

Ontario

776.64

791.74

792.65

0.1

2.1

2.4

Manitoba

661.29

678.11

689.49

1.7

4.3

2.3

Saskatchewan

678.87

692.89

697.47

0.7

2.7

3.5

Alberta

784.10

812.75

817.47

0.6

4.3

4.5

British Columbia

731.02

741.73

747.25

0.7

2.2

3.6

Yukon

840.53

865.78

863.21

-0.3

2.7

4.4

Northwest Territories²

972.81

952.44

956.09

0.4

-1.7

1.1

Nunavut²

859.49

871.33

890.17

2.2

3.6

3.4

^r	revised
^p	preliminary
1.	Rate of change is obtained by comparing 12-month average of 2006 with that of 2005, and is subject to revision for next month's release.
2.	Data not seasonally adjusted.

Number of employees

Industry group (North American Industry Classification System)

December 2005

October 2006

November 2006^r

December 2006^p

October to November 2006

November to December 2006

December 2005 to December 2006

Seasonally adjusted

thousands

% change

Industrial aggregate

13,872.3

14,047.9

14,116.4

14,167.9

0.5

0.4

2.1

Forestry, logging and support

63.3

57.6

58.5

58.2

1.6

-0.5

-8.1

Mining and oil and gas

172.4

187.5

187.6

188.6

0.1

0.5

9.4

Utilities

121.5

122.1

122.3

120.9

0.2

-1.1

-0.5

Construction

690.7

715.0

716.9

719.3

0.3

4.1

Manufacturing

1,948.4

1,914.5

1,917.4

1,915.5

0.2

-0.1

-1.7

Wholesale trade

736.7

741.0

744.1

747.8

0.4

0.5

1.5

Retail trade

1,717.4

1,742.4

1,760.5

1,767.7

1.0

0.4

2.9

Transportation and warehousing

627.5

630.0

636.8

638.1

1.1

0.2

1.7

Information and cultural industries

355.4

360.7

359.8

360.9

-0.2

0.3

1.5

Finance and insurance

588.2

596.8

599.0

601.6

0.4

2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

246.2

244.6

246.6

247.2

0.8

0.2

0.4

Professional, scientific and technical services

670.6

681.8

684.1

686.4

0.3

2.4

Management of companies and enterprises

96.5

95.6

95.7

97.7

0.1

2.1

1.2

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

681.8

705.5

706.2

708.2

0.1

0.3

3.9

Educational services

1,004.5

1,026.0

1,030.0

1,030.5

0.4

0.0

2.6

Health care and social assistance

1,425.0

1,440.7

1,447.7

1,457.0

0.5

0.6

2.2

Arts, entertainment and recreation

247.6

250.0

250.9

250.1

0.4

-0.3

1.0

Accommodation and food services

960.3

974.1

981.7

982.3

0.8

0.1

2.3

Other services (excluding public administration)

515.4

522.4

524.9

525.2

0.5

0.1

1.9

Public administration

791.0

797.8

800.7

806.0

0.4

0.7

1.9

Provinces and territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

177.5

183.6

183.8

184.4

0.1

0.3

3.9

Prince Edward Island

64.3

61.9

62.4

62.5

0.8

0.2

-2.8

Nova Scotia

395.5

391.9

392.8

395.2

0.2

0.6

-0.1

New Brunswick

302.2

305.7

307.9

309.8

0.7

0.6

2.5

Quebec

3,213.6

3,235.4

3,242.5

3,241.8

0.2

0.0

0.9

Ontario

5,389.3

5,427.5

5,450.3

5,467.6

0.4

0.3

1.5

Manitoba

538.2

533.5

539.9

539.7

1.2

0.0

0.3

Saskatchewan

419.2

423.3

429.4

429.1

1.4

-0.1

2.4

Alberta

1,576.5

1,630.1

1,641.9

1,659.8

0.7

1.1

5.3

British Columbia

1,747.9

1,805.6

1,817.5

1,819.1

0.7

0.1

4.1

Yukon

17.1

17.3

17.1

1.2

-1.2

0.0

Northwest Territories¹

22.0

22.1

22.4

22.2

1.4

-0.9

0.9

Nunavut¹

11.3

12.1

12.2

11.9

0.8

-2.5

5.3

^r	revised
^p	preliminary
1.	Data not seasonally adjusted.