Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| February 2019 |
March 2019 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | February to March 2019 | March 2018 to March 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,062.5 | 16,049.4 | 36.7 | -13.1 | 319.6 | -0.1 | 2.0 |
| Public sector employees | 3,799.1 | 3,803.3 | 21.4 | 4.2 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Private sector employees | 12,263.4 | 12,246.1 | 37.0 | -17.3 | 304.3 | -0.1 | 2.5 |
| Self-employed | 2,867.2 | 2,873.2 | 26.6 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,929.7 | 18,922.5 | 29.6 | -7.2 | 331.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,946.7 | 3,948.3 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 280.9 | 280.6 | 5.3 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 0.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 347.5 | 347.0 | 5.1 | -0.5 | 7.7 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
| Utilities | 142.1 | 142.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Construction | 1,438.3 | 1,435.9 | 11.2 | -2.4 | -11.6 | -0.2 | -0.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,738.0 | 1,742.5 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,983.0 | 14,974.2 | 28.2 | -8.8 | 329.3 | -0.1 | 2.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,820.5 | 2,828.9 | 14.8 | 8.4 | 23.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,030.2 | 1,032.1 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 55.3 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,174.7 | 1,188.0 | 9.2 | 13.3 | 22.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,536.0 | 1,539.9 | 11.2 | 3.9 | 97.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 818.2 | 803.9 | 10.1 | -14.3 | 40.4 | -1.7 | 5.3 |
| Educational services | 1,352.4 | 1,351.0 | 10.9 | -1.4 | 41.0 | -0.1 | 3.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,460.0 | 2,440.0 | 11.4 | -20.0 | 44.3 | -0.8 | 1.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 766.3 | 763.1 | 10.2 | -3.2 | -20.2 | -0.4 | -2.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,217.9 | 1,204.5 | 11.8 | -13.4 | -21.6 | -1.1 | -1.8 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 813.2 | 819.7 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Public administration | 993.6 | 1,003.2 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 34.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
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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