Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| February 2020 |
March 2020 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2020 | March 2019 to March 2020 | February to March 2020 | March 2019 to March 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,279.0 | 15,304.1 | 37.4 | -974.9 | -757.5 | -6.0 | -4.7 |
| Public sector employees | 3,901.3 | 3,756.7 | 22.0 | -144.6 | -55.5 | -3.7 | -1.5 |
| Private sector employees | 12,377.6 | 11,547.4 | 38.0 | -830.2 | -702.0 | -6.7 | -5.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,910.5 | 2,874.6 | 26.4 | -35.9 | -7.7 | -1.2 | -0.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,189.4 | 18,178.7 | 30.9 | -1,010.7 | -765.2 | -5.3 | -4.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,979.8 | 3,932.6 | 17.4 | -47.2 | -19.2 | -1.2 | -0.5 |
| Agriculture | 301.5 | 290.7 | 5.5 | -10.8 | 8.9 | -3.6 | 3.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 310.6 | 316.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | -29.3 | 1.8 | -8.5 |
| Utilities | 138.8 | 133.5 | 2.5 | -5.3 | -9.0 | -3.8 | -6.3 |
| Construction | 1,489.7 | 1,487.5 | 12.0 | -2.2 | 48.4 | -0.1 | 3.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,739.2 | 1,704.7 | 11.3 | -34.5 | -38.3 | -2.0 | -2.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,209.6 | 14,246.1 | 29.7 | -963.5 | -746.0 | -6.3 | -5.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,881.3 | 2,673.8 | 15.6 | -207.5 | -160.1 | -7.2 | -5.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,033.1 | 992.7 | 9.2 | -40.4 | -40.7 | -3.9 | -3.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,243.0 | 1,221.1 | 9.3 | -21.9 | 28.7 | -1.8 | 2.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,562.9 | 1,559.6 | 12.4 | -3.3 | 18.1 | -0.2 | 1.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 762.5 | 742.3 | 10.4 | -20.2 | -55.5 | -2.6 | -7.0 |
| Educational services | 1,385.6 | 1,260.2 | 11.1 | -125.4 | -91.5 | -9.1 | -6.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,516.9 | 2,416.9 | 11.8 | -100.0 | -29.3 | -4.0 | -1.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 778.7 | 675.0 | 10.7 | -103.7 | -92.0 | -13.3 | -12.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,229.4 | 935.0 | 12.0 | -294.4 | -268.3 | -23.9 | -22.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 805.3 | 765.3 | 8.5 | -40.0 | -54.9 | -5.0 | -6.7 |
| Public administration | 1,010.9 | 1,004.3 | 7.5 | -6.6 | -0.3 | -0.7 | 0.0 |
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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