Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2019 |
April 2019 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2019 | April 2018 to April 2019 | March to April 2019 | April 2018 to April 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,049.4 | 16,155.9 | 36.7 | 106.5 | 402.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Public sector employees | 3,803.3 | 3,826.0 | 21.4 | 22.7 | 47.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Private sector employees | 12,246.1 | 12,329.9 | 37.0 | 83.8 | 355.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,873.2 | 2,873.2 | 26.6 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,922.5 | 19,029.1 | 29.6 | 106.6 | 426.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,948.3 | 3,988.0 | 16.7 | 39.7 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Agriculture | 280.6 | 287.1 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 347.0 | 344.1 | 5.1 | -2.9 | 6.0 | -0.8 | 1.8 |
| Utilities | 142.4 | 143.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Construction | 1,435.9 | 1,465.1 | 11.2 | 29.2 | 32.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,742.5 | 1,748.2 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,974.2 | 15,041.1 | 28.2 | 66.9 | 371.9 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,828.9 | 2,861.3 | 14.8 | 32.4 | 74.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,032.1 | 1,032.7 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 55.9 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,188.0 | 1,196.2 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 30.1 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,539.9 | 1,525.0 | 11.2 | -14.9 | 62.5 | -1.0 | 4.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 803.9 | 799.3 | 10.1 | -4.6 | 32.4 | -0.6 | 4.2 |
| Educational services | 1,351.0 | 1,348.8 | 10.9 | -2.2 | 39.4 | -0.2 | 3.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,440.0 | 2,446.6 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 50.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 763.1 | 776.9 | 10.2 | 13.8 | -8.1 | 1.8 | -1.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,204.5 | 1,208.2 | 11.8 | 3.7 | -33.7 | 0.3 | -2.7 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 819.7 | 833.5 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 27.9 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Public administration | 1,003.2 | 1,012.5 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 40.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
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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