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Table 2 
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted

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Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS) – Seasonally adjusted
  February 2014 March 2014 Standard error2 February to March 2014 March 2013 to March 2014 February to March 2014 March 2013 to March 2014
  thousandsthousandsthousands change in thousandschange in thousands % change% change
Class of worker              
Employees 15,085.3 15,128.5 35.7 43.2 210.2 0.3 1.4
Self-employed 2,705.1 2,704.6 25.5 -0.5 -20.3 0.0 -0.7
Public/private sector employees              
Public 3,586.3 3,625.6 25.0 39.3 4.3 1.1 0.1
Private 11,499.0 11,502.9 37.9 3.9 206.0 0.0 1.8
All industries 17,790.3 17,833.2 28.9 42.9 190.0 0.2 1.1
Goods-producing sector 3,896.6 3,881.0 26.3 -15.6 54.2 -0.4 1.4
Agriculture 310.7 298.3 7.5 -12.4 -24.1 -4.0 -7.5
Natural resources3 386.4 387.2 7.4 0.8 29.4 0.2 8.2
Utilities 158.4 160.7 5.4 2.3 30.1 1.5 23.0
Construction 1,297.5 1,300.2 17.7 2.7 2.8 0.2 0.2
Manufacturing 1,743.7 1,734.5 19.6 -9.2 16.0 -0.5 0.9
Services-producing sector 13,893.7 13,952.2 34.4 58.5 135.8 0.4 1.0
Trade 2,700.1 2,694.3 24.5 -5.8 -9.0 -0.2 -0.3
Transportation and warehousing 888.2 895.4 14.2 7.2 25.0 0.8 2.9
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,124.2 1,129.4 16.8 5.2 16.6 0.5 1.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,367.9 1,373.6 18.6 5.7 35.5 0.4 2.7
Business, building and other support services 691.1 706.5 14.4 15.4 1.2 2.2 0.2
Educational services 1,282.8 1,281.1 16.2 -1.7 -10.4 -0.1 -0.8
Health care and social assistance 2,194.0 2,217.6 19.5 23.6 47.6 1.1 2.2
Information, culture and recreation 808.1 800.6 14.8 -7.5 17.2 -0.9 2.2
Accommodation and food services 1,147.0 1,147.3 17.2 0.3 28.3 0.0 2.5
Other services 776.1 784.0 13.8 7.9 18.1 1.0 2.4
Public administration 914.1 922.4 13.0 8.3 -34.3 0.9 -3.6
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089. The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.

Table note 1

North American Industry Classification System.

Table note 2

Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See "Sampling variability of estimates" 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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