Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2021 |
January 2022 |
Standard error1 | December 2021 to January 2022 | January 2021 to January 2022 | December 2021 to January 2022 | January 2021 to January 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,737.4 | 16,524.0 | 45.8 | -213.4 | 924.7 | -1.3 | 5.9 |
| Public sector employees | 4,207.7 | 4,200.2 | 26.9 | -7.5 | 228.9 | -0.2 | 5.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,529.7 | 12,323.8 | 45.8 | -205.9 | 695.8 | -1.6 | 6.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,638.8 | 2,652.0 | 32.0 | 13.2 | -34.3 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,376.2 | 19,176.1 | 37.8 | -200.1 | 890.5 | -1.0 | 4.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,925.3 | 3,948.2 | 20.7 | 22.9 | 45.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Agriculture | 238.0 | 238.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | -30.1 | 0.0 | -11.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 320.5 | 326.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Utilities | 140.6 | 145.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Construction | 1,460.3 | 1,482.9 | 13.6 | 22.6 | 53.3 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,765.9 | 1,755.5 | 14.3 | -10.4 | 15.3 | -0.6 | 0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,450.9 | 15,227.8 | 36.7 | -223.1 | 844.8 | -1.4 | 5.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,945.8 | 2,927.4 | 20.1 | -18.4 | 295.8 | -0.6 | 11.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,020.1 | 1,022.3 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 52.1 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,320.8 | 1,323.4 | 11.5 | 2.6 | 41.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,722.0 | 1,717.7 | 14.6 | -4.3 | 103.2 | -0.2 | 6.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 717.6 | 695.7 | 12.3 | -21.9 | -1.9 | -3.1 | -0.3 |
| Educational services | 1,478.6 | 1,467.8 | 13.6 | -10.8 | 54.1 | -0.7 | 3.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,613.2 | 2,623.4 | 15.1 | 10.2 | 116.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 783.4 | 735.0 | 13.1 | -48.4 | 71.8 | -6.2 | 10.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,014.7 | 901.8 | 14.5 | -112.9 | 61.6 | -11.1 | 7.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 724.1 | 711.3 | 11.2 | -12.8 | -20.5 | -1.8 | -2.8 |
| Public administration | 1,110.6 | 1,102.1 | 8.8 | -8.5 | 71.6 | -0.8 | 6.9 |
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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