Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| May 2021 |
June 2021 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2021 | June 2020 to June 2021 | May to June 2021 | June 2020 to June 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,821.8 | 16,115.5 | 47.4 | 293.7 | 1,521.7 | 1.9 | 10.4 |
| Public sector employees | 4,028.5 | 4,071.7 | 26.8 | 43.2 | 372.1 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
| Private sector employees | 11,793.3 | 12,043.8 | 46.9 | 250.5 | 1,149.6 | 2.1 | 10.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,737.5 | 2,674.4 | 32.2 | -63.1 | -117.5 | -2.3 | -4.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,559.2 | 18,789.9 | 41.6 | 230.7 | 1,404.2 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,898.1 | 3,850.1 | 21.8 | -48.0 | 193.6 | -1.2 | 5.3 |
| Agriculture | 259.7 | 257.9 | 5.9 | -1.8 | -20.0 | -0.7 | -7.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.6 | 327.8 | 6.2 | -9.8 | 33.3 | -2.9 | 11.3 |
| Utilities | 141.6 | 140.7 | 3.1 | -0.9 | 5.0 | -0.6 | 3.7 |
| Construction | 1,439.6 | 1,416.2 | 15.1 | -23.4 | 84.1 | -1.6 | 6.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,719.6 | 1,707.6 | 14.1 | -12.0 | 91.3 | -0.7 | 5.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,661.2 | 14,939.8 | 39.0 | 278.6 | 1,210.5 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,733.9 | 2,811.9 | 20.9 | 78.0 | 208.0 | 2.9 | 8.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 990.3 | 972.7 | 11.7 | -17.6 | 59.8 | -1.8 | 6.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,291.4 | 1,290.6 | 11.2 | -0.8 | 59.3 | -0.1 | 4.8 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,653.5 | 1,671.8 | 14.4 | 18.3 | 217.4 | 1.1 | 14.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 698.1 | 716.2 | 12.1 | 18.1 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Educational services | 1,431.6 | 1,457.6 | 14.0 | 26.0 | 181.4 | 1.8 | 14.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,540.8 | 2,561.3 | 15.5 | 20.5 | 144.8 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 697.5 | 702.4 | 13.0 | 4.9 | 57.4 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 857.0 | 957.9 | 15.8 | 100.9 | 131.3 | 11.8 | 15.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 722.4 | 746.2 | 11.3 | 23.8 | 64.0 | 3.3 | 9.4 |
| Public administration | 1,044.5 | 1,051.2 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 77.7 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
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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