Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2022 |
April 2022 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2022 | April 2021 to April 2022 | March to April 2022 | April 2021 to April 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,920.7 | 16,937.1 | 45.8 | 16.4 | 1,026.5 | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Public sector employees | 4,210.4 | 4,205.2 | 26.9 | -5.2 | 162.0 | -0.1 | 4.0 |
| Private sector employees | 12,710.2 | 12,731.8 | 45.8 | 21.6 | 864.3 | 0.2 | 7.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,664.5 | 2,663.5 | 32.0 | -1.0 | -61.5 | -0.0 | -2.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,585.2 | 19,600.5 | 37.8 | 15.3 | 964.9 | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,022.8 | 4,006.8 | 20.7 | -16.0 | 77.7 | -0.4 | 2.0 |
| Agriculture | 246.7 | 245.7 | 5.6 | -1.0 | -15.7 | -0.4 | -6.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 338.7 | 337.0 | 5.9 | -1.7 | 7.5 | -0.5 | 2.3 |
| Utilities | 144.0 | 146.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| Construction | 1,533.9 | 1,513.2 | 13.6 | -20.7 | 66.8 | -1.3 | 4.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,759.6 | 1,764.3 | 14.3 | 4.7 | 15.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,562.4 | 15,593.8 | 36.7 | 31.4 | 887.3 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,975.3 | 2,957.4 | 20.1 | -17.9 | 202.8 | -0.6 | 7.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,011.0 | 1,017.7 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 47.2 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,341.6 | 1,340.0 | 11.5 | -1.6 | 45.7 | -0.1 | 3.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,754.5 | 1,769.6 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 120.6 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 708.0 | 704.7 | 12.3 | -3.3 | 6.3 | -0.5 | 0.9 |
| Educational services | 1,475.3 | 1,487.8 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 54.2 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,634.6 | 2,623.1 | 15.1 | -11.5 | 74.9 | -0.4 | 2.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 812.1 | 824.7 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 125.8 | 1.6 | 18.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,030.6 | 1,034.8 | 14.5 | 4.2 | 172.6 | 0.4 | 20.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 723.1 | 721.4 | 11.2 | -1.7 | -26.8 | -0.2 | -3.6 |
| Public administration | 1,096.2 | 1,112.7 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 64.1 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
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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