Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS)Note 1 – Seasonally adjusted

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Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS) – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of employment by class of worker and industry (based on naics) – seasonally adjusted september 2011, october 2011, september to october 2011 and october 2010 to october 2011, calculated using thousands, change in thousands and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  September 2011 October 2011 September to October 2011 October 2010 to October 2011 September to October 2011 October 2010 to October 2011
  thousands change in thousands % change
Class of worker            
Employees 14,712.9 14,677.0 -35.9 207.7 -0.2 1.4
Self-employed 2,686.7 2,668.6 -18.1 29.2 -0.7 1.1
Public/private sector employees            
Public 3,577.7 3,573.9 -3.8 43.2 -0.1 1.2
Private 11,135.2 11,103.2 -32.0 164.5 -0.3 1.5
All industries 17,399.6 17,345.6 -54.0 236.9 -0.3 1.4
Goods-producing sector 3,802.2 3,750.3 -51.9 -25.8 -1.4 -0.7
Agriculture 303.0 305.6 2.6 3.6 0.9 1.2
Natural resourcesNote 2 331.8 343.9 12.1 16.4 3.6 5.0
Utilities 131.0 133.0 2.0 -15.3 1.5 -10.3
Construction 1,278.0 1,257.9 -20.1 17.2 -1.6 1.4
Manufacturing 1,758.4 1,710.0 -48.4 -47.6 -2.8 -2.7
Services-producing sector 13,597.3 13,595.3 -2.0 262.7 0.0 2.0
Trade 2,685.3 2,690.9 5.6 33.2 0.2 1.2
Transportation and warehousing 848.5 848.1 -0.4 29.9 0.0 3.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,074.0 1,077.5 3.5 -17.3 0.3 -1.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,333.7 1,326.1 -7.6 43.9 -0.6 3.4
Business, building and other support services 675.7 683.6 7.9 2.7 1.2 0.4
Educational services 1,233.9 1,232.1 -1.8 23.2 -0.1 1.9
Health care and social assistance 2,105.2 2,115.6 10.4 69.7 0.5 3.4
Information, culture and recreation 771.8 777.2 5.4 -5.0 0.7 -0.6
Accommodation and food services 1,128.0 1,121.6 -6.4 85.4 -0.6 8.2
Other services 765.8 754.1 -11.7 3.8 -1.5 0.5
Public administration 975.6 968.5 -7.1 -6.9 -0.7 -0.7
Note 1.

North American Industry Classification System.

Note 2.

Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas.

Note(s): Related CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089.