Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2020 |
August 2020 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2020 | August 2019 to August 2020 | July to August 2020 | August 2019 to August 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,028.3 | 15,332.1 | 43.5 | 303.8 | -871.4 | 2.0 | -5.4 |
| Public sector employees | 3,782.1 | 3,810.4 | 24.1 | 28.3 | -41.7 | 0.7 | -1.1 |
| Private sector employees | 11,246.2 | 11,521.7 | 43.3 | 275.5 | -829.7 | 2.4 | -6.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,817.6 | 2,759.6 | 28.9 | -58.0 | -150.2 | -2.1 | -5.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 17,845.9 | 18,091.7 | 37.0 | 245.8 | -1,021.6 | 1.4 | -5.3 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,706.0 | 3,733.6 | 19.7 | 27.6 | -233.3 | 0.7 | -5.9 |
| Agriculture | 274.6 | 273.3 | 5.4 | -1.3 | -16.1 | -0.5 | -5.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 307.1 | 298.0 | 5.5 | -9.1 | -28.8 | -3.0 | -8.8 |
| Utilities | 132.6 | 136.8 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Construction | 1,364.3 | 1,368.8 | 13.8 | 4.5 | -103.7 | 0.3 | -7.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,627.3 | 1,656.7 | 13.0 | 29.4 | -85.0 | 1.8 | -4.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,140.0 | 14,358.1 | 35.0 | 218.1 | -788.4 | 1.5 | -5.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,729.5 | 2,757.5 | 18.5 | 28.0 | -87.3 | 1.0 | -3.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 920.0 | 927.4 | 10.4 | 7.4 | -106.9 | 0.8 | -10.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,227.8 | 1,220.2 | 10.1 | -7.6 | -4.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,517.8 | 1,544.1 | 13.2 | 26.3 | -27.5 | 1.7 | -1.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 688.7 | 700.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | -52.0 | 1.7 | -6.9 |
| Educational services | 1,302.5 | 1,353.0 | 12.9 | 50.5 | -29.7 | 3.9 | -2.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,453.4 | 2,464.2 | 13.9 | 10.8 | -31.8 | 0.4 | -1.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 669.8 | 678.0 | 11.6 | 8.2 | -115.7 | 1.2 | -14.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 920.5 | 969.4 | 14.4 | 48.9 | -238.5 | 5.3 | -19.7 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 719.1 | 756.8 | 10.0 | 37.7 | -59.3 | 5.2 | -7.3 |
| Public administration | 991.0 | 986.9 | 8.0 | -4.1 | -35.3 | -0.4 | -3.5 |
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."
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