Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
June 2021 |
July 2021 |
Standard error1 | June to July 2021 | July 2020 to July 2021 | June to July 2021 | July 2020 to July 2021 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
Class of worker | |||||||
Employees | 16,115.5 | 16,207.7 | 46.8 | 92.2 | 1,192.7 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
Public sector employees | 4,071.7 | 4,041.2 | 27.1 | -30.5 | 287.0 | -0.7 | 7.6 |
Private sector employees | 12,043.8 | 12,166.5 | 46.6 | 122.7 | 905.7 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
Self-employed | 2,674.4 | 2,676.2 | 33.0 | 1.8 | -111.4 | 0.1 | -4.0 |
Total employed, all industries | 18,789.9 | 18,883.9 | 40.0 | 94.0 | 1,081.3 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
Goods-producing sector | 3,850.1 | 3,851.1 | 21.3 | 1.0 | 122.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
Agriculture | 257.9 | 253.7 | 6.0 | -4.2 | -19.9 | -1.6 | -7.3 |
Natural resources2 | 327.8 | 329.1 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 18.6 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
Utilities | 140.7 | 139.6 | 3.1 | -1.1 | 7.0 | -0.8 | 5.3 |
Construction | 1,416.2 | 1,412.3 | 14.3 | -3.9 | 47.1 | -0.3 | 3.5 |
Manufacturing | 1,707.6 | 1,716.4 | 14.4 | 8.8 | 69.2 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
Services-producing sector | 14,939.8 | 15,032.7 | 38.3 | 92.9 | 959.1 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2,811.9 | 2,824.9 | 20.7 | 13.0 | 112.3 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
Transportation and warehousing | 972.7 | 983.3 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 59.9 | 1.1 | 6.5 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,290.6 | 1,305.4 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 82.2 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,671.8 | 1,676.8 | 14.6 | 5.0 | 181.6 | 0.3 | 12.1 |
Business, building and other support services | 716.2 | 722.7 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 38.7 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
Educational services | 1,457.6 | 1,444.7 | 14.0 | -12.9 | 155.7 | -0.9 | 12.1 |
Health care and social assistance | 2,561.3 | 2,574.4 | 15.1 | 13.1 | 130.0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
Information, culture and recreation | 702.4 | 705.6 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 38.2 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
Accommodation and food services | 957.9 | 993.1 | 15.2 | 35.2 | 63.2 | 3.7 | 6.8 |
Other services (except public administration) | 746.2 | 747.0 | 11.4 | 0.8 | 21.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Public administration | 1,051.2 | 1,054.9 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 76.2 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
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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