Table 4 
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted 

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Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits by occupation, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  August 2014 July 2015p August 2015p July to August 2015 August 2014 to August 2015 July to August 2015 August 2014 to August 2015
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 501,180 544,690 536,800 -7,890 35,620 -1.4 7.1
Management occupations 31,110 32,490 32,580 90 1,470 0.3 4.7
Senior management occupations 2,760 2,830 2,850 20 90 0.7 3.3
Other management occupations 28,350 29,660 29,730 70 1,380 0.2 4.9
Business, finance and administrative occupations 62,200 65,000 64,700 -300 2,500 -0.5 4.0
Professional occupations in business and finance 4,850 5,070 5,040 -30 190 -0.6 3.9
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 16,770 17,720 17,710 -10 940 -0.1 5.6
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 40,580 42,200 41,940 -260 1,360 -0.6 3.4
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 26,710 31,190 31,120 -70 4,410 -0.2 16.5
Health occupations 7,770 7,780 7,800 20 30 0.3 0.4
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,290 1,290 1,290 0 0 0.0 0.0
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,480 6,490 6,510 20 30 0.3 0.5
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 29,900 31,690 30,770 -920 870 -2.9 2.9
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 16,000 17,000 16,640 -360 640 -2.1 4.0
Teachers and professors 13,900 14,700 14,130 -570 230 -3.9 1.7
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 9,500 9,190 9,090 -100 -410 -1.1 -4.3
Sales and service occupations 90,230 92,650 91,380 -1,270 1,150 -1.4 1.3
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,030 5,300 5,350 50 320 0.9 6.4
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 16,410 16,560 16,550 -10 140 -0.1 0.9
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 17,120 16,730 16,690 -40 -430 -0.2 -2.5
Occupations in protective services 4,770 4,860 4,900 40 130 0.8 2.7
Childcare and home support workers 15,600 17,610 16,200 -1,410 600 -8.0 3.8
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 31,300 31,580 31,690 110 390 0.3 1.2
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 161,480 186,800 184,370 -2,430 22,890 -1.3 14.2
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,120 7,790 7,700 -90 1,580 -1.2 25.8
Construction trades 34,230 38,330 37,350 -980 3,120 -2.6 9.1
Other trades occupations 37,060 47,110 46,960 -150 9,900 -0.3 26.7
Transport and equipment operators 38,970 43,910 42,520 -1,390 3,550 -3.2 9.1
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 45,100 49,650 49,840 190 4,740 0.4 10.5
Occupations unique to primary industry 33,720 39,530 39,340 -190 5,620 -0.5 16.7
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 48,000 47,630 44,950 -2,680 -3,050 -5.6 -6.4
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 24,580 24,540 22,280 -2,260 -2,300 -9.2 -9.4
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 23,420 23,090 22,670 -420 -750 -1.8 -3.2
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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