Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2017 |
April 2017 |
Standard error2 | March to April 2017 | April 2016 to April 2017 | March to April 2017 | April 2016 to April 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,538.1 | 15,522.8 | 35.8 | -15.3 | 243.6 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,769.9 | 2,788.4 | 25.3 | 18.5 | 32.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,661.4 | 3,696.6 | 20.2 | 35.2 | 92.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Private | 11,876.7 | 11,826.2 | 35.8 | -50.5 | 151.6 | -0.4 | 1.3 |
| All industries | 18,308.0 | 18,311.2 | 29.5 | 3.2 | 275.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,838.5 | 3,842.7 | 16.4 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Agriculture | 275.7 | 280.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | -8.6 | 1.6 | -3.0 |
| Natural resources3 | 325.2 | 326.6 | 5.0 | 1.4 | -4.9 | 0.4 | -1.5 |
| Utilities | 134.6 | 133.1 | 2.6 | -1.5 | -5.6 | -1.1 | -4.0 |
| Construction | 1,401.9 | 1,402.5 | 11.2 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,701.2 | 1,700.6 | 10.9 | -0.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,469.5 | 14,468.5 | 28.1 | -1.0 | 265.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Trade | 2,795.6 | 2,786.8 | 14.8 | -8.8 | 15.8 | -0.3 | 0.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 918.9 | 927.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 23.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,174.5 | 1,175.3 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 57.4 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,411.0 | 1,419.4 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 18.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 783.2 | 764.5 | 10.5 | -18.7 | 6.9 | -2.4 | 0.9 |
| Educational services | 1,272.1 | 1,291.4 | 10.7 | 19.3 | 29.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,357.9 | 2,370.3 | 11.0 | 12.4 | 30.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 794.0 | 787.8 | 10.4 | -6.2 | 18.5 | -0.8 | 2.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,208.7 | 1,196.4 | 11.4 | -12.3 | -20.6 | -1.0 | -1.7 |
| Other services | 786.0 | 782.1 | 8.3 | -3.9 | 30.4 | -0.5 | 4.0 |
| Public administration | 967.6 | 966.9 | 7.4 | -0.7 | 54.6 | -0.1 | 6.0 |
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 "Data Quality" section of the Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) publication for further explanations.
Table note 3
Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
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