Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2018 |
December 2018 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2018 | December 2017 to December 2018 | November to December 2018 | December 2017 to December 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,932.3 | 15,895.2 | 35.9 | -37.1 | 115.2 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
| Public sector employees | 3,790.2 | 3,773.1 | 20.8 | -17.1 | 14.1 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
| Private sector employees | 12,142.1 | 12,122.1 | 36.0 | -20.0 | 101.1 | -0.2 | 0.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,866.8 | 2,913.2 | 25.4 | 46.4 | 48.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,799.1 | 18,808.4 | 29.4 | 9.3 | 163.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,949.0 | 3,971.6 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 12.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Agriculture | 282.3 | 283.7 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 340.2 | 344.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Utilities | 153.0 | 148.7 | 2.8 | -4.3 | 20.4 | -2.8 | 15.9 |
| Construction | 1,458.2 | 1,455.8 | 11.2 | -2.4 | 7.0 | -0.2 | 0.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,715.4 | 1,739.3 | 11.2 | 23.9 | -30.1 | 1.4 | -1.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,850.1 | 14,836.8 | 27.9 | -13.3 | 151.0 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,800.2 | 2,774.1 | 14.8 | -26.1 | -66.6 | -0.9 | -2.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,011.8 | 1,026.5 | 8.6 | 14.7 | 55.7 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,170.3 | 1,165.9 | 9.2 | -4.4 | -29.7 | -0.4 | -2.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,491.7 | 1,489.0 | 11.0 | -2.7 | 25.5 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 806.4 | 814.8 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 58.7 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| Educational services | 1,339.4 | 1,340.6 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 33.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,444.9 | 2,455.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 74.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 766.7 | 759.7 | 10.4 | -7.0 | -36.7 | -0.9 | -4.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,243.3 | 1,246.6 | 11.8 | 3.3 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 800.6 | 805.7 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Public administration | 974.7 | 958.2 | 7.3 | -16.5 | 4.8 | -1.7 | 0.5 |
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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