Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| June 2019 |
July 2019 |
Standard error1 | June to July 2019 | July 2018 to July 2019 | June to July 2019 | July 2018 to July 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,161.3 | 16,109.5 | 36.8 | -51.8 | 286.5 | -0.3 | 1.8 |
| Public sector employees | 3,829.1 | 3,846.6 | 21.6 | 17.5 | -3.3 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Private sector employees | 12,332.2 | 12,262.9 | 37.4 | -69.3 | 289.8 | -0.6 | 2.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,893.3 | 2,921.0 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 66.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,054.6 | 19,030.4 | 30.1 | -24.2 | 353.0 | -0.1 | 1.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,960.1 | 3,962.2 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 43.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Agriculture | 288.7 | 285.1 | 5.5 | -3.6 | 11.9 | -1.2 | 4.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.6 | 328.9 | 5.2 | -8.7 | -15.4 | -2.6 | -4.5 |
| Utilities | 142.1 | 137.3 | 2.5 | -4.8 | -10.3 | -3.4 | -7.0 |
| Construction | 1,449.1 | 1,474.1 | 11.4 | 25.0 | 38.4 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,742.6 | 1,736.7 | 10.9 | -5.9 | 18.5 | -0.3 | 1.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,094.5 | 15,068.2 | 28.9 | -26.3 | 309.7 | -0.2 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,850.5 | 2,829.9 | 15.3 | -20.6 | 47.8 | -0.7 | 1.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,055.6 | 1,040.8 | 9.1 | -14.8 | 53.9 | -1.4 | 5.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,193.7 | 1,199.1 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 18.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,550.2 | 1,553.6 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 77.0 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 771.3 | 776.5 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Educational services | 1,363.4 | 1,359.6 | 10.9 | -3.8 | 17.2 | -0.3 | 1.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,488.9 | 2,485.1 | 11.7 | -3.8 | 78.7 | -0.2 | 3.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 793.8 | 794.3 | 10.7 | 0.5 | -7.9 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,193.8 | 1,197.3 | 11.9 | 3.5 | -37.5 | 0.3 | -3.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 826.4 | 815.8 | 8.3 | -10.6 | 13.1 | -1.3 | 1.6 |
| Public administration | 1,006.9 | 1,016.1 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 45.3 | 0.9 | 4.7 |
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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