Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2020 |
April 2020 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,304.1 | 13,353.4 | 37.4 | -1,950.7 | -2,806.6 | -12.7 | -17.4 |
| Public sector employees | 3,756.7 | 3,679.9 | 22.0 | -76.8 | -151.0 | -2.0 | -3.9 |
| Private sector employees | 11,547.4 | 9,673.4 | 38.0 | -1,874.0 | -2,655.7 | -16.2 | -21.5 |
| Self-employed | 2,874.6 | 2,831.5 | 26.4 | -43.1 | -50.1 | -1.5 | -1.7 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,178.7 | 16,184.9 | 30.9 | -1,993.8 | -2,856.7 | -11.0 | -15.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,932.6 | 3,312.1 | 17.4 | -620.5 | -672.4 | -15.8 | -16.9 |
| Agriculture | 290.7 | 279.5 | 5.5 | -11.2 | -7.9 | -3.9 | -2.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 316.2 | 287.6 | 5.2 | -28.6 | -54.8 | -9.0 | -16.0 |
| Utilities | 133.5 | 133.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -9.7 | 0.0 | -6.8 |
| Construction | 1,487.5 | 1,173.9 | 12.0 | -313.6 | -290.1 | -21.1 | -19.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,704.7 | 1,437.6 | 11.3 | -267.1 | -309.9 | -15.7 | -17.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,246.1 | 12,872.8 | 29.7 | -1,373.3 | -2,184.3 | -9.6 | -14.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,673.8 | 2,299.1 | 15.6 | -374.7 | -562.7 | -14.0 | -19.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 992.7 | 889.9 | 9.2 | -102.8 | -144.7 | -10.4 | -14.0 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,221.1 | 1,198.0 | 9.3 | -23.1 | -2.8 | -1.9 | -0.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,559.6 | 1,488.7 | 12.4 | -70.9 | -41.1 | -4.5 | -2.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 742.3 | 668.0 | 10.4 | -74.3 | -126.6 | -10.0 | -15.9 |
| Educational services | 1,260.2 | 1,225.8 | 11.1 | -34.4 | -125.5 | -2.7 | -9.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,416.9 | 2,287.8 | 11.8 | -129.1 | -164.9 | -5.3 | -6.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 675.0 | 593.0 | 10.7 | -82.0 | -186.4 | -12.1 | -23.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 935.0 | 614.4 | 12.0 | -320.6 | -592.9 | -34.3 | -49.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 765.3 | 622.3 | 8.5 | -143.0 | -210.0 | -18.7 | -25.2 |
| Public administration | 1,004.3 | 985.8 | 7.5 | -18.5 | -26.7 | -1.8 | -2.6 |
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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