Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
September 2019 |
October 2019 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2019 | October 2018 to October 2019 | September to October 2019 | October 2018 to October 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
Class of worker | |||||||
Employees | 16,213.3 | 16,239.3 | 36.8 | 26.0 | 384.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
Public sector employees | 3,877.1 | 3,905.8 | 21.6 | 28.7 | 125.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
Private sector employees | 12,336.2 | 12,333.5 | 37.4 | -2.7 | 259.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
Self-employed | 2,951.9 | 2,924.1 | 26.9 | -27.8 | 57.6 | -0.9 | 2.0 |
Total employed, all industries | 19,165.2 | 19,163.4 | 30.1 | -1.8 | 442.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
Goods-producing sector | 3,974.3 | 3,933.4 | 16.9 | -40.9 | 3.9 | -1.0 | 0.1 |
Agriculture | 288.8 | 291.4 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
Natural resources2 | 321.3 | 322.9 | 5.2 | 1.6 | -16.4 | 0.5 | -4.8 |
Utilities | 136.0 | 135.2 | 2.5 | -0.8 | -15.3 | -0.6 | -10.2 |
Construction | 1,481.8 | 1,460.5 | 11.4 | -21.3 | 17.4 | -1.4 | 1.2 |
Manufacturing | 1,746.5 | 1,723.4 | 10.9 | -23.1 | 3.5 | -1.3 | 0.2 |
Services-producing sector | 15,190.9 | 15,229.9 | 28.9 | 39.0 | 438.4 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2,845.6 | 2,848.9 | 15.3 | 3.3 | 53.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,039.5 | 1,037.2 | 9.1 | -2.3 | 31.5 | -0.2 | 3.1 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,218.5 | 1,236.3 | 9.0 | 17.8 | 63.9 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,576.8 | 1,579.0 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 109.2 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
Business, building and other support services | 757.5 | 757.9 | 10.4 | 0.4 | -36.6 | 0.1 | -4.6 |
Educational services | 1,390.0 | 1,395.2 | 10.9 | 5.2 | 54.7 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
Health care and social assistance | 2,524.2 | 2,525.4 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 94.6 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
Information, culture and recreation | 763.3 | 766.9 | 10.7 | 3.6 | -8.3 | 0.5 | -1.1 |
Accommodation and food services | 1,226.0 | 1,231.4 | 11.9 | 5.4 | -6.7 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
Other services (except public administration) | 824.6 | 806.7 | 8.3 | -17.9 | 9.6 | -2.2 | 1.2 |
Public administration | 1,025.1 | 1,045.2 | 7.3 | 20.1 | 73.4 | 2.0 | 7.6 |
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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