Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2020 |
September 2020 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 2020 | August to September 2020 | September 2019 to September 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,332.1 | 15,735.5 | 43.5 | 403.4 | -474.3 | 2.6 | -2.9 |
| Public sector employees | 3,810.4 | 3,954.0 | 24.1 | 143.6 | 73.7 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
| Private sector employees | 11,521.7 | 11,781.5 | 43.3 | 259.8 | -548.0 | 2.3 | -4.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,759.6 | 2,734.5 | 28.9 | -25.1 | -210.6 | -0.9 | -7.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,091.7 | 18,469.9 | 37.0 | 378.2 | -685.0 | 2.1 | -3.6 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,733.6 | 3,808.7 | 19.7 | 75.1 | -156.1 | 2.0 | -3.9 |
| Agriculture | 273.3 | 272.2 | 5.4 | -1.1 | -17.4 | -0.4 | -6.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 298.0 | 298.8 | 5.5 | 0.8 | -21.8 | 0.3 | -6.8 |
| Utilities | 136.8 | 143.6 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| Construction | 1,368.8 | 1,369.4 | 13.8 | 0.6 | -109.5 | 0.0 | -7.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,656.7 | 1,724.7 | 13.0 | 68.0 | -15.3 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,358.1 | 14,661.2 | 35.0 | 303.1 | -528.9 | 2.1 | -3.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,757.5 | 2,755.5 | 18.5 | -2.0 | -88.6 | -0.1 | -3.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 927.4 | 950.7 | 10.4 | 23.3 | -86.9 | 2.5 | -8.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,220.2 | 1,240.8 | 10.1 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,544.1 | 1,572.3 | 13.2 | 28.2 | -3.6 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 700.6 | 703.9 | 11.2 | 3.3 | -52.4 | 0.5 | -6.9 |
| Educational services | 1,353.0 | 1,421.3 | 12.9 | 68.3 | 31.6 | 5.0 | 2.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,464.2 | 2,479.5 | 13.9 | 15.3 | -42.6 | 0.6 | -1.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 678.0 | 734.1 | 11.6 | 56.1 | -37.4 | 8.3 | -4.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 969.4 | 1,041.3 | 14.4 | 71.9 | -186.6 | 7.4 | -15.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 756.8 | 760.0 | 10.0 | 3.2 | -61.0 | 0.4 | -7.4 |
| Public administration | 986.9 | 1,001.8 | 8.0 | 14.9 | -20.4 | 1.5 | -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."
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