Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2020 |
January 2021 |
Standard error1 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | December 2020 to January 2021 | January 2020 to January 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,812.7 | 15,590.8 | 47.4 | -221.9 | -631.7 | -1.4 | -3.9 |
| Public sector employees | 3,971.5 | 3,960.8 | 26.8 | -10.7 | 66.0 | -0.3 | 1.7 |
| Private sector employees | 11,841.1 | 11,630.0 | 46.9 | -211.1 | -697.7 | -1.8 | -5.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,672.2 | 2,681.2 | 32.2 | 9.0 | -202.5 | 0.3 | -7.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,484.8 | 18,272.0 | 41.6 | -212.8 | -834.1 | -1.2 | -4.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,886.1 | 3,909.5 | 21.8 | 23.4 | -73.8 | 0.6 | -1.9 |
| Agriculture | 277.8 | 271.3 | 5.9 | -6.5 | -30.0 | -2.3 | -10.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 319.8 | 322.3 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Utilities | 140.7 | 141.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Construction | 1,396.9 | 1,435.6 | 15.1 | 38.7 | -60.7 | 2.8 | -4.1 |
| Manufacturing | 1,750.9 | 1,738.6 | 14.1 | -12.3 | 3.4 | -0.7 | 0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,598.7 | 14,362.5 | 39.0 | -236.2 | -760.3 | -1.6 | -5.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,797.7 | 2,630.1 | 20.9 | -167.6 | -218.0 | -6.0 | -7.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 971.4 | 972.6 | 11.7 | 1.2 | -58.7 | 0.1 | -5.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,268.3 | 1,284.6 | 11.2 | 16.3 | 48.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,609.3 | 1,612.8 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 58.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 700.4 | 695.0 | 12.1 | -5.4 | -53.7 | -0.8 | -7.2 |
| Educational services | 1,417.6 | 1,404.7 | 14.0 | -12.9 | 19.2 | -0.9 | 1.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,481.7 | 2,500.2 | 15.5 | 18.5 | -19.0 | 0.7 | -0.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 675.7 | 659.2 | 13.0 | -16.5 | -104.9 | -2.4 | -13.7 |
| Accommodation and food services | 912.3 | 837.3 | 15.8 | -75.0 | -397.0 | -8.2 | -32.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 739.2 | 730.4 | 11.3 | -8.8 | -67.5 | -1.2 | -8.5 |
| Public administration | 1,025.0 | 1,035.6 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 32.9 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
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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