Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2021 |
September 2021 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2021 | September 2020 to September 2021 | August to September 2021 | September 2020 to September 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,314.3 | 16,490.7 | 46.8 | 176.4 | 784.7 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,071.1 | 4,149.1 | 27.1 | 78.0 | 204.6 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
| Private sector employees | 12,243.2 | 12,341.6 | 46.6 | 98.4 | 580.1 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| Self-employed | 2,659.8 | 2,640.5 | 33.0 | -19.3 | -42.0 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,974.1 | 19,131.2 | 40.0 | 157.1 | 742.7 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,848.5 | 3,863.2 | 21.3 | 14.7 | 38.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Agriculture | 243.1 | 239.4 | 6.0 | -3.7 | -30.0 | -1.5 | -11.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 323.8 | 330.4 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 30.8 | 2.0 | 10.3 |
| Utilities | 138.5 | 139.1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | -5.0 | 0.4 | -3.5 |
| Construction | 1,432.5 | 1,421.6 | 14.3 | -10.9 | 56.1 | -0.8 | 4.1 |
| Manufacturing | 1,710.6 | 1,732.7 | 14.4 | 22.1 | -13.1 | 1.3 | -0.8 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,125.6 | 15,268.0 | 38.3 | 142.4 | 703.8 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,841.8 | 2,839.4 | 20.7 | -2.4 | 111.6 | -0.1 | 4.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 989.3 | 1,006.1 | 11.7 | 16.8 | 53.0 | 1.7 | 5.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,288.2 | 1,315.6 | 11.7 | 27.4 | 77.4 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,691.5 | 1,721.1 | 14.6 | 29.6 | 183.6 | 1.7 | 11.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 705.8 | 722.4 | 12.3 | 16.6 | 24.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| Educational services | 1,455.9 | 1,477.2 | 14.0 | 21.3 | 70.0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,569.8 | 2,565.7 | 15.1 | -4.1 | 109.6 | -0.2 | 4.5 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 729.5 | 762.0 | 13.3 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,067.7 | 1,041.0 | 15.2 | -26.7 | 1.3 | -2.5 | 0.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 717.2 | 711.5 | 11.4 | -5.7 | -60.6 | -0.8 | -7.8 |
| Public administration | 1,068.8 | 1,106.0 | 8.1 | 37.2 | 105.5 | 3.5 | 10.5 |
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.
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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