Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2019 |
August 2019 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 2019 | July to August 2019 | August 2018 to August 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,109.5 | 16,201.7 | 36.8 | 92.2 | 434.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Public sector employees | 3,846.6 | 3,844.5 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 40.1 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| Private sector employees | 12,262.9 | 12,357.2 | 37.4 | 94.3 | 393.8 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,921.0 | 2,909.8 | 26.9 | -11.2 | 37.4 | -0.4 | 1.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,030.4 | 19,111.5 | 30.1 | 81.1 | 471.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,962.2 | 3,970.0 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 72.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Agriculture | 285.1 | 288.3 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 328.9 | 328.3 | 5.2 | -0.6 | -14.1 | -0.2 | -4.1 |
| Utilities | 137.3 | 136.7 | 2.5 | -0.6 | -13.1 | -0.4 | -8.7 |
| Construction | 1,474.1 | 1,472.0 | 11.4 | -2.1 | 49.6 | -0.1 | 3.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,736.7 | 1,744.8 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 31.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,068.2 | 15,141.5 | 28.9 | 73.3 | 398.9 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,829.9 | 2,844.7 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 77.5 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,040.8 | 1,034.2 | 9.1 | -6.6 | 41.7 | -0.6 | 4.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,199.1 | 1,221.5 | 9.0 | 22.4 | 46.0 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,553.6 | 1,570.4 | 12.0 | 16.8 | 108.6 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 776.5 | 754.2 | 10.4 | -22.3 | -27.1 | -2.9 | -3.5 |
| Educational services | 1,359.6 | 1,380.1 | 10.9 | 20.5 | 35.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,485.1 | 2,494.2 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 85.7 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 794.3 | 800.0 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,197.3 | 1,202.7 | 11.9 | 5.4 | -37.9 | 0.5 | -3.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 815.8 | 816.8 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Public administration | 1,016.1 | 1,022.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 56.9 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
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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