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Table 2 Number of employees

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Number of employees
Industry Group (North American Industry Classification System) January 2009 December 2009r January 2010p December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  thousands % change
Industrial aggregate 14,685.2 14,532.4 14,526.6 0.0 -1.1
Forestry, logging and support 41.6 39.1 39.0 -0.3 -6.3
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 196.6 173.4 175.8 1.4 -10.6
Utilities 121.9 117.5 118.0 0.4 -3.2
Construction 800.9 805.5 808.0 0.3 0.9
Manufacturing 1,562.0 1,447.3 1,447.5 0.0 -7.3
Wholesale trade 747.2 723.0 722.0 -0.1 -3.4
Retail trade 1,881.3 1,859.9 1,859.6 0.0 -1.2
Transportation and warehousing 691.0 669.7 672.8 0.5 -2.6
Information and cultural industries 326.9 313.4 314.5 0.4 -3.8
Finance and insurance 666.8 682.6 686.2 0.5 2.9
Real estate and rental and leasing 245.0 245.2 244.3 -0.4 -0.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 757.1 740.2 737.5 -0.4 -2.6
Management of companies and enterprises 118.8 117.9 115.8 -1.8 -2.5
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 752.5 719.2 718.7 -0.1 -4.5
Educational services 1,144.5 1,161.9 1,158.8 -0.3 1.2
Health care and social assistance 1,558.4 1,606.5 1,608.9 0.1 3.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 245.4 248.8 244.1 -1.9 -0.5
Accommodation and food services 1,087.5 1,068.5 1,067.9 -0.1 -1.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 508.3 506.2 503.0 -0.6 -1.0
Public administration 1,028.9 1,054.7 1,046.7 -0.8 1.7
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 192.3 193.8 194.4 0.3 1.1
Prince Edward Island 61.5 63.6 62.8 -1.3 2.1
Nova Scotia 392.7 395.6 395.8 0.1 0.8
New Brunswick 310.3 314.4 313.1 -0.4 0.9
Quebec 3,346.4 3,360.1 3,354.6 -0.2 0.2
Ontario 5,641.3 5,576.6 5,566.7 -0.2 -1.3
Manitoba 561.2 557.4 552.0 -1.0 -1.6
Saskatchewan 438.7 438.8 436.5 -0.5 -0.5
Alberta 1,774.2 1,718.3 1,721.9 0.2 -2.9
British Columbia 1,912.4 1,876.8 1,879.1 0.1 -1.7
Yukon 19.3 20.1 19.4 -3.5 0.5
Northwest Territories¹ 25.6 26.8 25.9 -3.4 1.2
Nunavut¹ 9.3 10.2 9.7 -4.9 4.3
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.