Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2021 |
February 2021 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | January to February 2021 | February 2020 to February 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,590.8 | 15,862.4 | 47.4 | 271.6 | -386.4 | 1.7 | -2.4 |
| Public sector employees | 3,960.8 | 4,006.3 | 26.8 | 45.5 | 114.6 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Private sector employees | 11,630.0 | 11,856.1 | 46.9 | 226.1 | -501.0 | 1.9 | -4.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,681.2 | 2,668.8 | 32.2 | -12.4 | -212.7 | -0.5 | -7.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,272.0 | 18,531.2 | 41.6 | 259.2 | -599.1 | 1.4 | -3.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,909.5 | 3,912.8 | 21.8 | 3.3 | -78.1 | 0.1 | -2.0 |
| Agriculture | 271.3 | 262.7 | 5.9 | -8.6 | -37.2 | -3.2 | -12.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 322.3 | 316.8 | 6.2 | -5.5 | 8.0 | -1.7 | 2.6 |
| Utilities | 141.8 | 143.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Construction | 1,435.6 | 1,442.4 | 15.1 | 6.8 | -52.2 | 0.5 | -3.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,738.6 | 1,746.9 | 14.1 | 8.3 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -0.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,362.5 | 14,618.4 | 39.0 | 255.9 | -521.0 | 1.8 | -3.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,630.1 | 2,752.4 | 20.9 | 122.3 | -117.3 | 4.7 | -4.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 972.6 | 981.2 | 11.7 | 8.6 | -50.8 | 0.9 | -4.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,284.6 | 1,278.2 | 11.2 | -6.4 | 38.7 | -0.5 | 3.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,612.8 | 1,623.8 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 85.7 | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 695.0 | 695.5 | 12.1 | 0.5 | -62.5 | 0.1 | -8.2 |
| Educational services | 1,404.7 | 1,433.6 | 14.0 | 28.9 | 50.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,500.2 | 2,503.9 | 15.5 | 3.7 | -15.3 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 659.2 | 656.5 | 13.0 | -2.7 | -116.7 | -0.4 | -15.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 837.3 | 902.3 | 15.8 | 65.0 | -319.0 | 7.8 | -26.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 730.4 | 758.5 | 11.3 | 28.1 | -48.5 | 3.8 | -6.0 |
| Public administration | 1,035.6 | 1,032.6 | 8.2 | -3.0 | 34.3 | -0.3 | 3.4 |
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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