Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2021 |
December 2021 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2021 | December 2020 to December 2021 | November to December 2021 | December 2020 to December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,684.9 | 16,733.9 | 46.8 | 49.0 | 921.2 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,166.9 | 4,198.5 | 27.1 | 31.6 | 227.0 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| Private sector employees | 12,518.0 | 12,535.4 | 46.6 | 17.4 | 694.3 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Self-employed | 2,631.3 | 2,636.9 | 33.0 | 5.6 | -35.3 | 0.2 | -1.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,316.1 | 19,370.8 | 40.0 | 54.7 | 886.0 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,883.4 | 3,927.6 | 21.3 | 44.2 | 41.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Agriculture | 239.2 | 241.3 | 6.0 | 2.1 | -36.5 | 0.9 | -13.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 319.8 | 321.3 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Utilities | 137.8 | 140.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| Construction | 1,426.7 | 1,453.8 | 14.3 | 27.1 | 56.9 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| Manufacturing | 1,759.9 | 1,770.4 | 14.4 | 10.5 | 19.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,432.7 | 15,443.3 | 38.3 | 10.6 | 844.6 | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,948.2 | 2,950.7 | 20.7 | 2.5 | 153.0 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,023.1 | 1,021.2 | 11.7 | -1.9 | 49.8 | -0.2 | 5.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,328.7 | 1,318.0 | 11.7 | -10.7 | 49.7 | -0.8 | 3.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,727.6 | 1,725.7 | 14.6 | -1.9 | 116.4 | -0.1 | 7.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 707.0 | 714.3 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Educational services | 1,458.8 | 1,476.1 | 14.0 | 17.3 | 58.5 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,609.2 | 2,605.2 | 15.1 | -4.0 | 123.5 | -0.2 | 5.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 787.4 | 782.9 | 13.3 | -4.5 | 107.2 | -0.6 | 15.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,019.2 | 1,015.5 | 15.2 | -3.7 | 103.2 | -0.4 | 11.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 716.1 | 723.7 | 11.4 | 7.6 | -15.5 | 1.1 | -2.1 |
| Public administration | 1,107.5 | 1,110.1 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 85.1 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
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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