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Table 4 
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation2, Canada – Seasonally adjusted

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Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits by occupation, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  October 2013 September 2014p October 2014p September to October 2014 October 2013 to October 2014 September to October 2014 October 2013 to October 2014
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 518,170 495,740 491,370 -4,370 -26,800 -0.9 -5.2
Management occupations 32,050 31,040 31,080 40 -970 0.1 -3.0
Senior management occupations 2,790 2,760 2,760 0 -30 0.0 -1.1
Other management occupations 29,260 28,290 28,320 30 -940 0.1 -3.2
Business, finance and administrative occupations 65,610 61,660 61,470 -190 -4,140 -0.3 -6.3
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,180 4,730 4,830 100 -350 2.1 -6.8
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 17,450 16,700 16,470 -230 -980 -1.4 -5.6
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 42,990 40,220 40,170 -50 -2,820 -0.1 -6.6
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 27,760 26,300 26,170 -130 -1,590 -0.5 -5.7
Health occupations 7,720 7,560 7,470 -90 -250 -1.2 -3.2
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,280 1,240 1,200 -40 -80 -3.2 -6.3
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,440 6,320 6,260 -60 -180 -0.9 -2.8
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 28,210 29,410 28,530 -880 320 -3.0 1.1
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 14,710 15,450 15,120 -330 410 -2.1 2.8
Teachers and professors 13,510 13,960 13,410 -550 -100 -3.9 -0.7
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 10,210 9,650 9,490 -160 -720 -1.7 -7.1
Sales and service occupations 94,380 92,210 87,770 -4,440 -6,610 -4.8 -7.0
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,210 4,980 4,980 0 -230 0.0 -4.4
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 18,060 15,670 15,800 130 -2,260 0.8 -12.5
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 17,580 16,640 16,560 -80 -1,020 -0.5 -5.8
Occupations in protective services 5,300 4,730 4,630 -100 -670 -2.1 -12.6
Childcare and home support workers 15,490 19,160 15,100 -4,060 -390 -21.2 -2.5
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 32,740 31,030 30,700 -330 -2,040 -1.1 -6.2
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 165,390 157,720 158,580 860 -6,810 0.5 -4.1
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,190 6,010 6,070 60 -120 1.0 -1.9
Construction trades 34,060 33,750 34,590 840 530 2.5 1.6
Other trades occupations 39,880 36,990 36,730 -260 -3,150 -0.7 -7.9
Transport and equipment operators 38,200 37,820 37,690 -130 -510 -0.3 -1.3
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 47,060 43,160 43,510 350 -3,550 0.8 -7.5
Occupations unique to primary industry 36,920 33,920 34,400 480 -2,520 1.4 -6.8
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 49,720 45,920 46,000 80 -3,720 0.2 -7.5
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 24,690 22,750 22,820 70 -1,870 0.3 -7.6
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 25,040 23,170 23,180 10 -1,860 0.0 -7.4
p
preliminary
Source(s):
CANSIM table 276-0041.

Table note 1

Includes people who receive regular income benefits whether or not they participate in one of three employment benefit programs, namely the Skills Development Program, Job Creation Partnerships Program and Self-employment Program.

Table note 2

2006 National Occupational Classification – Statistics.
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