Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| October 2020 |
November 2020 |
Standard error1 | October to November 2020 | November 2019 to November 2020 | October to November 2020 | November 2019 to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,786.2 | 15,840.8 | 43.5 | 54.6 | -351.0 | 0.3 | -2.2 |
| Public sector employees | 3,928.4 | 3,960.0 | 24.1 | 31.6 | 60.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Private sector employees | 11,857.8 | 11,880.9 | 43.3 | 23.1 | -411.4 | 0.2 | -3.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,767.3 | 2,774.7 | 28.9 | 7.4 | -130.7 | 0.3 | -4.5 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,553.5 | 18,615.6 | 37.0 | 62.1 | -481.6 | 0.3 | -2.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,826.3 | 3,870.5 | 19.7 | 44.2 | -43.2 | 1.2 | -1.1 |
| Agriculture | 273.2 | 281.7 | 5.4 | 8.5 | -12.0 | 3.1 | -4.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 310.6 | 320.3 | 5.5 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| Utilities | 144.3 | 140.2 | 2.9 | -4.1 | 5.5 | -2.8 | 4.1 |
| Construction | 1,377.8 | 1,404.1 | 13.8 | 26.3 | -64.2 | 1.9 | -4.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,720.4 | 1,724.2 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 23.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,727.2 | 14,745.1 | 35.0 | 17.9 | -438.5 | 0.1 | -2.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,800.8 | 2,827.9 | 18.5 | 27.1 | -16.9 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 946.7 | 967.0 | 10.4 | 20.3 | -64.0 | 2.1 | -6.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,255.8 | 1,271.0 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 31.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,614.1 | 1,620.6 | 13.2 | 6.5 | 43.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 702.3 | 700.4 | 11.2 | -1.9 | -63.5 | -0.3 | -8.3 |
| Educational services | 1,424.7 | 1,422.6 | 12.9 | -2.1 | 28.5 | -0.1 | 2.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,497.0 | 2,494.7 | 13.9 | -2.3 | -31.5 | -0.1 | -1.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 722.8 | 697.2 | 11.6 | -25.6 | -62.0 | -3.5 | -8.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 993.1 | 969.3 | 14.4 | -23.8 | -256.0 | -2.4 | -20.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 763.5 | 761.3 | 10.0 | -2.2 | -43.5 | -0.3 | -5.4 |
| Public administration | 1,006.4 | 1,012.9 | 8.0 | 6.5 | -5.4 | 0.6 | -0.5 |
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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