Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
May 2020 |
June 2020 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2020 | June 2019 to June 2020 | May to June 2020 | June 2019 to June 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
Class of worker | |||||||
Employees | 13,661.8 | 14,603.6 | 37.4 | 941.8 | -1,551.8 | 6.9 | -9.6 |
Public sector employees | 3,658.7 | 3,733.2 | 22.0 | 74.5 | -101.8 | 2.0 | -2.7 |
Private sector employees | 10,003.1 | 10,870.4 | 38.0 | 867.3 | -1,450.0 | 8.7 | -11.8 |
Self-employed | 2,812.7 | 2,823.8 | 26.4 | 11.1 | -72.0 | 0.4 | -2.5 |
Total employed, all industries | 16,474.5 | 17,427.4 | 30.9 | 952.9 | -1,623.8 | 5.8 | -8.5 |
Goods-producing sector | 3,476.8 | 3,635.4 | 17.4 | 158.6 | -320.7 | 4.6 | -8.1 |
Agriculture | 277.2 | 275.6 | 5.5 | -1.6 | -13.1 | -0.6 | -4.5 |
Natural resources2 | 301.7 | 296.2 | 5.2 | -5.5 | -38.1 | -1.8 | -11.4 |
Utilities | 133.8 | 134.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -6.2 | 0.7 | -4.4 |
Construction | 1,247.6 | 1,330.8 | 12.0 | 83.2 | -122.3 | 6.7 | -8.4 |
Manufacturing | 1,516.7 | 1,598.0 | 11.3 | 81.3 | -141.0 | 5.4 | -8.1 |
Services-producing sector | 12,997.7 | 13,792.1 | 29.7 | 794.4 | -1,302.9 | 6.1 | -8.6 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2,406.1 | 2,628.2 | 15.6 | 222.1 | -219.7 | 9.2 | -7.7 |
Transportation and warehousing | 865.4 | 909.3 | 9.2 | 43.9 | -143.1 | 5.1 | -13.6 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,213.9 | 1,230.9 | 9.3 | 17.0 | 32.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,475.8 | 1,484.9 | 12.4 | 9.1 | -66.0 | 0.6 | -4.3 |
Business, building and other support services | 637.9 | 708.8 | 10.4 | 70.9 | -59.5 | 11.1 | -7.7 |
Educational services | 1,248.1 | 1,282.7 | 11.1 | 34.6 | -83.6 | 2.8 | -6.1 |
Health care and social assistance | 2,291.2 | 2,412.3 | 11.8 | 121.1 | -77.0 | 5.3 | -3.1 |
Information, culture and recreation | 586.4 | 646.8 | 10.7 | 60.4 | -144.4 | 10.3 | -18.3 |
Accommodation and food services | 656.3 | 820.0 | 12.0 | 163.7 | -377.2 | 24.9 | -31.5 |
Other services (except public administration) | 634.1 | 679.6 | 8.5 | 45.5 | -144.8 | 7.2 | -17.6 |
Public administration | 982.7 | 988.7 | 7.5 | 6.0 | -20.2 | 0.6 | -2.0 |
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 between 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."
- Date modified: