Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2022 |
February 2022 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2022 | February 2021 to February 2022 | January to February 2022 | February 2021 to February 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,524.0 | 16,879.2 | 45.8 | 355.2 | 994.4 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
| Public sector employees | 4,200.2 | 4,208.1 | 26.9 | 7.9 | 192.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,323.8 | 12,671.2 | 45.8 | 347.4 | 802.0 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,652.0 | 2,633.4 | 32.0 | -18.6 | -39.9 | -0.7 | -1.5 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,176.1 | 19,512.7 | 37.8 | 336.6 | 954.6 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,948.2 | 3,992.2 | 20.7 | 44.0 | 84.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Agriculture | 238.0 | 240.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 | -20.4 | 1.2 | -7.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 326.4 | 329.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Utilities | 145.5 | 145.0 | 3.3 | -0.5 | 1.4 | -0.3 | 1.0 |
| Construction | 1,482.9 | 1,519.9 | 13.6 | 37.0 | 83.6 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,755.5 | 1,756.5 | 14.3 | 1.0 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,227.8 | 15,520.5 | 36.7 | 292.7 | 870.1 | 1.9 | 5.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,927.4 | 2,965.3 | 20.1 | 37.9 | 206.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,022.3 | 1,020.8 | 11.5 | -1.5 | 42.3 | -0.1 | 4.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,323.4 | 1,336.6 | 11.5 | 13.2 | 57.7 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,717.7 | 1,765.0 | 14.6 | 47.3 | 137.4 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 695.7 | 699.3 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Educational services | 1,467.8 | 1,477.0 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 39.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,623.4 | 2,639.8 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 125.8 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 735.0 | 807.7 | 13.1 | 72.7 | 147.6 | 9.9 | 22.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 901.8 | 1,015.6 | 14.5 | 113.8 | 106.9 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 711.3 | 709.0 | 11.2 | -2.3 | -50.4 | -0.3 | -6.6 |
| Public administration | 1,102.1 | 1,084.5 | 8.8 | -17.6 | 55.4 | -1.6 | 5.4 |
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.
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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