Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2018 |
August 2018 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2018 | August 2017 to August 2018 | July to August 2018 | August 2017 to August 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,826.5 | 15,757.8 | 35.9 | -68.7 | 145.6 | -0.4 | 0.9 |
| Public sector employees | 3,848.4 | 3,810.4 | 20.8 | -38.0 | 101.5 | -1.0 | 2.7 |
| Private sector employees | 11,978.1 | 11,947.4 | 36.0 | -30.7 | 44.1 | -0.3 | 0.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,855.6 | 2,872.8 | 25.4 | 17.2 | 26.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,682.1 | 18,630.5 | 29.4 | -51.6 | 171.7 | -0.3 | 0.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,919.6 | 3,889.2 | 16.8 | -30.4 | 8.2 | -0.8 | 0.2 |
| Agriculture | 273.0 | 268.2 | 5.4 | -4.8 | -12.0 | -1.8 | -4.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 345.0 | 342.5 | 5.1 | -2.5 | 13.5 | -0.7 | 4.1 |
| Utilities | 147.2 | 149.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 13.8 |
| Construction | 1,435.2 | 1,418.8 | 11.2 | -16.4 | 13.8 | -1.1 | 1.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,719.2 | 1,710.0 | 11.2 | -9.2 | -25.4 | -0.5 | -1.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,762.5 | 14,741.3 | 27.9 | -21.2 | 163.5 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,786.1 | 2,766.5 | 14.8 | -19.6 | -51.3 | -0.7 | -1.8 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 984.3 | 990.2 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 34.0 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,181.9 | 1,176.2 | 9.2 | -5.7 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 0.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,482.0 | 1,459.9 | 11.0 | -22.1 | -13.6 | -1.5 | -0.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 769.6 | 780.0 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 25.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Educational services | 1,341.4 | 1,346.8 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 82.0 | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,405.8 | 2,405.7 | 10.8 | -0.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 806.8 | 799.8 | 10.4 | -7.0 | 0.4 | -0.9 | 0.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,233.8 | 1,241.0 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 23.7 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 801.8 | 809.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 45.4 | 1.0 | 5.9 |
| Public administration | 969.2 | 965.7 | 7.3 | -3.5 | 9.6 | -0.4 | 1.0 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-02 and 14-10-0355-02 (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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