Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2020 |
December 2020 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | November to December 2020 | December 2019 to December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,840.8 | 15,840.2 | 43.5 | -0.6 | -379.5 | -0.0 | -2.3 |
| Public sector employees | 3,960.0 | 3,974.6 | 24.1 | 14.6 | 94.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Private sector employees | 11,880.9 | 11,865.7 | 43.3 | -15.2 | -473.4 | -0.1 | -3.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,774.7 | 2,712.7 | 28.9 | -62.0 | -192.2 | -2.2 | -6.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,615.6 | 18,553.0 | 37.0 | -62.6 | -571.6 | -0.3 | -3.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,870.5 | 3,881.8 | 19.7 | 11.3 | -43.3 | 0.3 | -1.1 |
| Agriculture | 281.7 | 279.6 | 5.4 | -2.1 | -11.9 | -0.7 | -4.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 320.3 | 319.1 | 5.5 | -1.2 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 1.2 |
| Utilities | 140.2 | 142.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| Construction | 1,404.1 | 1,401.2 | 13.8 | -2.9 | -80.6 | -0.2 | -5.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,724.2 | 1,739.6 | 13.0 | 15.4 | 36.9 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,745.1 | 14,671.1 | 35.0 | -74.0 | -528.4 | -0.5 | -3.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,827.9 | 2,837.3 | 18.5 | 9.4 | -13.5 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 967.0 | 969.8 | 10.4 | 2.8 | -56.3 | 0.3 | -5.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,271.0 | 1,273.0 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 32.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,620.6 | 1,637.4 | 13.2 | 16.8 | 63.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Business, building and other support services | 700.4 | 689.9 | 11.2 | -10.5 | -68.8 | -1.5 | -9.1 |
| Educational services | 1,422.6 | 1,426.9 | 12.9 | 4.3 | 37.5 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,494.7 | 2,488.7 | 13.9 | -6.0 | -42.0 | -0.2 | -1.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 697.2 | 678.4 | 11.6 | -18.8 | -86.4 | -2.7 | -11.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 969.3 | 912.6 | 14.4 | -56.7 | -332.3 | -5.8 | -26.7 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 761.3 | 730.5 | 10.0 | -30.8 | -74.6 | -4.0 | -9.3 |
| Public administration | 1,012.9 | 1,026.6 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
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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