Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2021 |
April 2021 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2021 | April 2020 to April 2021 | March to April 2021 | April 2020 to April 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,109.1 | 15,892.3 | 47.4 | -216.8 | 2,565.3 | -1.3 | 19.2 |
| Public sector employees | 4,051.8 | 4,038.6 | 26.8 | -13.2 | 369.9 | -0.3 | 10.1 |
| Private sector employees | 12,057.4 | 11,853.7 | 46.9 | -203.7 | 2,195.5 | -1.7 | 22.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,725.2 | 2,734.9 | 32.2 | 9.7 | -79.7 | 0.4 | -2.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,834.3 | 18,627.2 | 41.6 | -207.1 | 2,485.6 | -1.1 | 15.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,956.0 | 3,944.2 | 21.8 | -11.8 | 622.9 | -0.3 | 18.8 |
| Agriculture | 265.2 | 260.8 | 5.9 | -4.4 | -14.2 | -1.7 | -5.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 323.8 | 329.0 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 41.9 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| Utilities | 143.8 | 143.4 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 7.4 | -0.3 | 5.4 |
| Construction | 1,468.1 | 1,455.4 | 15.1 | -12.7 | 279.7 | -0.9 | 23.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,755.1 | 1,755.5 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 308.0 | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,878.4 | 14,683.0 | 39.0 | -195.4 | 1,862.7 | -1.3 | 14.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,844.2 | 2,755.1 | 20.9 | -89.1 | 471.5 | -3.1 | 20.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 973.9 | 968.4 | 11.7 | -5.5 | 80.7 | -0.6 | 9.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,279.3 | 1,293.8 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 100.1 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,629.7 | 1,644.6 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 174.0 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 706.8 | 699.0 | 12.1 | -7.8 | 34.7 | -1.1 | 5.2 |
| Educational services | 1,468.6 | 1,432.8 | 14.0 | -35.8 | 205.3 | -2.4 | 16.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,550.7 | 2,543.4 | 15.5 | -7.3 | 249.4 | -0.3 | 10.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 718.0 | 691.8 | 13.0 | -26.2 | 99.8 | -3.6 | 16.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 923.7 | 864.5 | 15.8 | -59.2 | 251.9 | -6.4 | 41.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 755.5 | 746.5 | 11.3 | -9.0 | 123.2 | -1.2 | 19.8 |
| Public administration | 1,027.9 | 1,043.2 | 8.2 | 15.3 | 72.1 | 1.5 | 7.4 |
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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