Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2021 |
August 2021 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2021 | August 2020 to August 2021 | July to August 2021 | August 2020 to August 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,207.7 | 16,314.3 | 46.8 | 106.6 | 998.2 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Public sector employees | 4,041.2 | 4,071.1 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 294.5 | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,166.5 | 12,243.2 | 46.6 | 76.7 | 703.7 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,676.2 | 2,659.8 | 33.0 | -16.4 | -40.4 | -0.6 | -1.5 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,883.9 | 18,974.1 | 40.0 | 90.2 | 957.8 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,851.1 | 3,848.5 | 21.3 | -2.6 | 93.8 | -0.1 | 2.5 |
| Agriculture | 253.7 | 243.1 | 6.0 | -10.6 | -27.1 | -4.2 | -10.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 329.1 | 323.8 | 6.1 | -5.3 | 23.0 | -1.6 | 7.6 |
| Utilities | 139.6 | 138.5 | 3.1 | -1.1 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 0.8 |
| Construction | 1,412.3 | 1,432.5 | 14.3 | 20.2 | 61.4 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,716.4 | 1,710.6 | 14.4 | -5.8 | 35.5 | -0.3 | 2.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,032.7 | 15,125.6 | 38.3 | 92.9 | 864.0 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,824.9 | 2,841.8 | 20.7 | 16.9 | 101.4 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 983.3 | 989.3 | 11.7 | 6.0 | 57.3 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,305.4 | 1,288.2 | 11.7 | -17.2 | 71.3 | -1.3 | 5.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,676.8 | 1,691.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 177.6 | 0.9 | 11.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 722.7 | 705.8 | 12.3 | -16.9 | 8.7 | -2.3 | 1.2 |
| Educational services | 1,444.7 | 1,455.9 | 14.0 | 11.2 | 132.6 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,574.4 | 2,569.8 | 15.1 | -4.6 | 119.5 | -0.2 | 4.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 705.6 | 729.5 | 13.3 | 23.9 | 54.1 | 3.4 | 8.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 993.1 | 1,067.7 | 15.2 | 74.6 | 89.8 | 7.5 | 9.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 747.0 | 717.2 | 11.4 | -29.8 | -40.1 | -4.0 | -5.3 |
| Public administration | 1,054.9 | 1,068.8 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 91.7 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
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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