Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2020 |
February 2020 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | January to February 2020 | February 2019 to February 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,246.0 | 16,279.0 | 37.4 | 33.0 | 209.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Public sector employees | 3,901.9 | 3,901.3 | 22.0 | -0.6 | 99.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| Private sector employees | 12,344.1 | 12,377.6 | 38.0 | 33.5 | 109.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Self-employed | 2,913.2 | 2,910.5 | 26.4 | -2.7 | 35.9 | -0.1 | 1.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,159.1 | 19,189.4 | 30.9 | 30.3 | 245.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,974.2 | 3,979.8 | 17.4 | 5.6 | 28.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture | 303.0 | 301.5 | 5.5 | -1.5 | 19.5 | -0.5 | 6.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 314.0 | 310.6 | 5.2 | -3.4 | -36.4 | -1.1 | -10.5 |
| Utilities | 136.4 | 138.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | -3.5 | 1.8 | -2.5 |
| Construction | 1,497.6 | 1,489.7 | 12.0 | -7.9 | 49.1 | -0.5 | 3.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,723.2 | 1,739.2 | 11.3 | 16.0 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,185.0 | 15,209.6 | 29.7 | 24.6 | 216.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,858.7 | 2,881.3 | 15.6 | 22.6 | 56.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,032.2 | 1,033.1 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,238.9 | 1,243.0 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 64.0 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,577.6 | 1,562.9 | 12.4 | -14.7 | 24.9 | -0.9 | 1.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 755.2 | 762.5 | 10.4 | 7.3 | -50.2 | 1.0 | -6.2 |
| Educational services | 1,390.3 | 1,385.6 | 11.1 | -4.7 | 33.5 | -0.3 | 2.5 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,514.7 | 2,516.9 | 11.8 | 2.2 | 55.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 764.3 | 778.7 | 10.7 | 14.4 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,242.7 | 1,229.4 | 12.0 | -13.3 | 15.6 | -1.1 | 1.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 797.5 | 805.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | -9.2 | 1.0 | -1.1 |
| Public administration | 1,012.7 | 1,010.9 | 7.5 | -1.8 | 14.3 | -0.2 | 1.4 |
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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