Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| May 2018 |
June 2018 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2018 | June 2017 to June 2018 | May to June 2018 | June 2017 to June 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,761.9 | 15,771.7 | 35.7 | 9.8 | 162.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Public sector employees | 3,787.0 | 3,798.8 | 20.4 | 11.8 | 83.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| Private sector employees | 11,974.9 | 11,972.9 | 36.2 | -2.0 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,834.3 | 2,856.3 | 25.3 | 22.0 | 52.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,596.2 | 18,628.0 | 29.5 | 31.8 | 214.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,909.5 | 3,956.1 | 16.5 | 46.6 | 73.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Agriculture | 282.3 | 276.2 | 5.4 | -6.1 | -9.8 | -2.2 | -3.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.4 | 350.3 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 22.2 | 3.8 | 6.8 |
| Utilities | 143.2 | 144.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| Construction | 1,420.3 | 1,447.5 | 11.1 | 27.2 | 43.6 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| Manufacturing | 1,726.3 | 1,737.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,686.7 | 14,672.0 | 28.1 | -14.7 | 141.3 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,793.0 | 2,779.0 | 15.1 | -14.0 | -24.9 | -0.5 | -0.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 986.7 | 991.6 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 52.1 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,176.2 | 1,178.2 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 15.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,477.0 | 1,481.2 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 13.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 759.1 | 767.0 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Educational services | 1,309.0 | 1,304.9 | 10.6 | -4.1 | 18.2 | -0.3 | 1.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,373.9 | 2,375.1 | 10.9 | 1.2 | -23.0 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 785.5 | 794.7 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,259.0 | 1,243.1 | 11.7 | -15.9 | 34.9 | -1.3 | 2.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 795.2 | 790.9 | 8.4 | -4.3 | 10.1 | -0.5 | 1.3 |
| Public administration | 972.0 | 966.1 | 7.1 | -5.9 | 7.7 | -0.6 | 0.8 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-01 and 14-10-0355-01 (formerly CANSIM tables 282-0089 and 282-0088).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Also referred to as "Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction."
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