Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS¹) – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2013 | June 2013 | Standard error2 | May to June 2013 | June 2012 to June 2013 | May to June 2013 | June 2012 to June 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,031.1 | 15,026.7 | 35.7 | -4.4 | 191.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,718.3 | 2,722.3 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 50.7 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,664.0 | 3,665.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 54.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Private | 11,367.1 | 11,361.8 | 37.9 | -5.3 | 137.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| All industries | 17,749.4 | 17,749.0 | 28.7 | -0.4 | 242.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,879.2 | 3,887.1 | 26.6 | 7.9 | -10.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Agriculture | 321.2 | 323.2 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 20.7 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Natural resources3 | 360.8 | 358.7 | 7.3 | -2.1 | -13.7 | -0.6 | -3.7 |
| Utilities | 131.8 | 134.1 | 4.9 | 2.3 | -6.7 | 1.7 | -4.8 |
| Construction | 1,343.3 | 1,344.7 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 78.3 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,722.2 | 1,726.4 | 19.9 | 4.2 | -88.8 | 0.2 | -4.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 13,870.1 | 13,862.0 | 34.3 | -8.1 | 252.5 | -0.1 | 1.9 |
| Trade | 2,712.5 | 2,703.0 | 23.6 | -9.5 | 68.5 | -0.4 | 2.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 860.0 | 862.7 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,122.8 | 1,116.8 | 16.0 | -6.0 | 25.7 | -0.5 | 2.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,330.4 | 1,357.4 | 18.4 | 27.0 | 63.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 712.9 | 711.7 | 14.3 | -1.2 | 11.7 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
| Educational services | 1,304.0 | 1,312.8 | 17.2 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,177.2 | 2,177.8 | 19.3 | 0.6 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 784.5 | 770.0 | 14.5 | -14.5 | 11.0 | -1.8 | 1.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,135.4 | 1,115.1 | 16.8 | -20.3 | 18.8 | -1.8 | 1.7 |
| Other services | 767.5 | 773.5 | 13.8 | 6.0 | -29.8 | 0.8 | -3.7 |
| Public administration | 962.9 | 961.1 | 12.6 | -1.8 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 0.3 |
Note(s):
Related CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
Table note 1
North American Industry Classification System.
Table note 2
Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See "Sampling Errors" in the section "About the Labour Force Survey" at the end of the publication Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) for further explanations.
Table note 3
Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas.
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