Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2018 |
September 2018 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | August to September 2018 | September 2017 to September 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,757.8 | 15,856.0 | 35.9 | 98.2 | 225.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Public sector employees | 3,810.4 | 3,812.7 | 20.8 | 2.3 | 78.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Private sector employees | 11,947.4 | 12,043.2 | 36.0 | 95.8 | 146.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Self-employed | 2,872.8 | 2,837.8 | 25.4 | -35.0 | -3.0 | -1.2 | -0.1 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,630.5 | 18,693.8 | 29.4 | 63.3 | 222.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,889.2 | 3,934.1 | 16.8 | 44.9 | 42.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Agriculture | 268.2 | 277.5 | 5.4 | 9.3 | -1.4 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| Natural resources2 | 342.5 | 345.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 13.7 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| Utilities | 149.7 | 151.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 20.1 | 1.2 | 15.3 |
| Construction | 1,418.8 | 1,446.8 | 11.2 | 28.0 | 33.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,710.0 | 1,713.1 | 11.2 | 3.1 | -23.9 | 0.2 | -1.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,741.3 | 14,759.7 | 27.9 | 18.4 | 180.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,766.5 | 2,778.0 | 14.8 | 11.5 | -56.3 | 0.4 | -2.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 990.2 | 997.2 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 37.5 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,176.2 | 1,189.3 | 9.2 | 13.1 | 19.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,459.9 | 1,458.8 | 11.0 | -1.1 | -8.1 | -0.1 | -0.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 780.0 | 769.8 | 9.9 | -10.2 | 19.5 | -1.3 | 2.6 |
| Educational services | 1,346.8 | 1,340.3 | 10.4 | -6.5 | 56.0 | -0.5 | 4.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,405.7 | 2,410.9 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 799.8 | 782.6 | 10.4 | -17.2 | 5.1 | -2.2 | 0.7 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,241.0 | 1,241.7 | 11.8 | 0.7 | 27.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 809.6 | 813.4 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 41.9 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| Public administration | 965.7 | 977.8 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 19.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
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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