Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| September 2021 |
October 2021 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2021 | October 2020 to October 2021 | September to October 2021 | October 2020 to October 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,490.7 | 16,560.2 | 46.8 | 69.5 | 783.3 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,149.1 | 4,149.1 | 27.1 | 0.0 | 222.6 | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| Private sector employees | 12,341.6 | 12,411.1 | 46.6 | 69.5 | 560.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,640.5 | 2,602.3 | 33.0 | -38.2 | -103.7 | -1.4 | -3.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,131.2 | 19,162.4 | 40.0 | 31.2 | 679.5 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,863.2 | 3,857.0 | 21.3 | -6.2 | 26.2 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture | 239.4 | 241.9 | 6.0 | 2.5 | -28.4 | 1.0 | -10.5 |
| Natural resources2 | 330.4 | 322.6 | 6.1 | -7.8 | 12.4 | -2.4 | 4.0 |
| Utilities | 139.1 | 141.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | -2.3 | 1.8 | -1.6 |
| Construction | 1,421.6 | 1,425.9 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 53.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,732.7 | 1,725.0 | 14.4 | -7.7 | -8.8 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,268.0 | 15,305.5 | 38.3 | 37.5 | 653.4 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,839.4 | 2,919.9 | 20.7 | 80.5 | 142.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,006.1 | 1,004.9 | 11.7 | -1.2 | 61.6 | -0.1 | 6.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,315.6 | 1,323.0 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 68.1 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,721.1 | 1,699.3 | 14.6 | -21.8 | 117.7 | -1.3 | 7.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 722.4 | 699.6 | 12.3 | -22.8 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -0.5 |
| Educational services | 1,477.2 | 1,471.9 | 14.0 | -5.3 | 58.9 | -0.4 | 4.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,565.7 | 2,565.4 | 15.1 | -0.3 | 85.2 | -0.0 | 3.4 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 762.0 | 777.1 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 56.5 | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,041.0 | 1,014.0 | 15.2 | -27.0 | 16.2 | -2.6 | 1.6 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 711.5 | 732.1 | 11.4 | 20.6 | -41.1 | 2.9 | -5.3 |
| Public administration | 1,106.0 | 1,098.0 | 8.1 | -8.0 | 90.7 | -0.7 | 9.0 |
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.
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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