Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| December 2016 |
January 2017 |
Standard error2 | December 2016 to January 2017 | January 2016 to January 2017 | December 2016 to January 2017 | January 2016 to January 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,487.1 | 15,527.1 | 35.8 | 40.0 | 324.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,738.0 | 2,746.2 | 25.3 | 8.2 | -48.0 | 0.3 | -1.7 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,673.2 | 3,680.9 | 20.2 | 7.7 | 67.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Private | 11,813.9 | 11,846.3 | 35.8 | 32.4 | 256.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| All industries | 18,225.0 | 18,273.3 | 29.5 | 48.3 | 276.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,825.9 | 3,831.5 | 16.4 | 5.6 | -22.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Agriculture | 283.4 | 284.9 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Natural resources3 | 322.7 | 325.2 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -25.1 | 0.8 | -7.2 |
| Utilities | 140.3 | 137.3 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 1.6 | -2.1 | 1.2 |
| Construction | 1,396.9 | 1,402.1 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 37.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,682.6 | 1,682.0 | 10.9 | -0.6 | -37.3 | 0.0 | -2.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,399.2 | 14,441.8 | 28.1 | 42.6 | 298.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Trade | 2,762.3 | 2,759.6 | 14.8 | -2.7 | 25.9 | -0.1 | 0.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 911.5 | 922.9 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 22.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,149.4 | 1,169.9 | 8.7 | 20.5 | 59.3 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,413.3 | 1,411.5 | 11.0 | -1.8 | 26.2 | -0.1 | 1.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 751.9 | 768.3 | 10.5 | 16.4 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Educational services | 1,280.7 | 1,283.0 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,350.9 | 2,358.8 | 11.0 | 7.9 | 16.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 800.0 | 787.5 | 10.4 | -12.5 | 21.2 | -1.6 | 2.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,219.5 | 1,218.4 | 11.4 | -1.1 | 29.6 | -0.1 | 2.5 |
| Other services | 804.1 | 798.3 | 8.3 | -5.8 | 27.5 | -0.7 | 3.6 |
| Public administration | 955.7 | 963.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 51.9 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
Note(s):
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, and oil and gas extraction.
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