Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| April 2021 |
May 2021 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2021 | May 2020 to May 2021 | April to May 2021 | May 2020 to May 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,892.3 | 15,821.8 | 47.4 | -70.5 | 2,160.6 | -0.4 | 15.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,038.6 | 4,028.5 | 26.8 | -10.1 | 379.0 | -0.3 | 10.4 |
| Private sector employees | 11,853.7 | 11,793.3 | 46.9 | -60.4 | 1,781.6 | -0.5 | 17.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,734.9 | 2,737.5 | 32.2 | 2.6 | -45.3 | 0.1 | -1.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,627.2 | 18,559.2 | 41.6 | -68.0 | 2,115.2 | -0.4 | 12.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,944.2 | 3,898.1 | 21.8 | -46.1 | 410.3 | -1.2 | 11.8 |
| Agriculture | 260.8 | 259.7 | 5.9 | -1.1 | -16.7 | -0.4 | -6.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 329.0 | 337.6 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 37.9 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| Utilities | 143.4 | 141.6 | 3.1 | -1.8 | 6.7 | -1.3 | 5.0 |
| Construction | 1,455.4 | 1,439.6 | 15.1 | -15.8 | 197.4 | -1.1 | 15.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,755.5 | 1,719.6 | 14.1 | -35.9 | 184.9 | -2.0 | 12.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,683.0 | 14,661.2 | 39.0 | -21.8 | 1,705.1 | -0.1 | 13.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,755.1 | 2,733.9 | 20.9 | -21.2 | 347.8 | -0.8 | 14.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 968.4 | 990.3 | 11.7 | 21.9 | 126.9 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,293.8 | 1,291.4 | 11.2 | -2.4 | 73.7 | -0.2 | 6.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,644.6 | 1,653.5 | 14.4 | 8.9 | 195.1 | 0.5 | 13.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 699.0 | 698.1 | 12.1 | -0.9 | 60.0 | -0.1 | 9.4 |
| Educational services | 1,432.8 | 1,431.6 | 14.0 | -1.2 | 188.1 | -0.1 | 15.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,543.4 | 2,540.8 | 15.5 | -2.6 | 247.5 | -0.1 | 10.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 691.8 | 697.5 | 13.0 | 5.7 | 110.4 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 864.5 | 857.0 | 15.8 | -7.5 | 193.5 | -0.9 | 29.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 746.5 | 722.4 | 11.3 | -24.1 | 85.5 | -3.2 | 13.4 |
| Public administration | 1,043.2 | 1,044.5 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 76.3 | 0.1 | 7.9 |
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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