Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| April 2022 |
May 2022 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2022 | May 2021 to May 2022 | April to May 2022 | May 2021 to May 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,937.1 | 16,950.7 | 45.8 | 13.6 | 1,094.8 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Public sector employees | 4,205.2 | 4,313.4 | 26.9 | 108.2 | 268.2 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| Private sector employees | 12,731.8 | 12,637.3 | 45.8 | -94.5 | 826.6 | -0.7 | 7.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,663.5 | 2,689.6 | 32.0 | 26.1 | -39.3 | 1.0 | -1.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,600.5 | 19,640.3 | 37.8 | 39.8 | 1,055.5 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,006.8 | 3,965.6 | 20.7 | -41.2 | 75.6 | -1.0 | 1.9 |
| Agriculture | 245.7 | 241.7 | 5.6 | -4.0 | -16.7 | -1.6 | -6.5 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.0 | 345.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Utilities | 146.5 | 147.3 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| Construction | 1,513.2 | 1,510.2 | 13.6 | -3.0 | 76.0 | -0.2 | 5.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,764.3 | 1,721.1 | 14.3 | -43.2 | 1.7 | -2.4 | 0.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,593.8 | 15,674.7 | 36.7 | 80.9 | 979.9 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,957.4 | 2,995.2 | 20.1 | 37.8 | 256.0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,017.7 | 993.0 | 11.5 | -24.7 | 2.3 | -2.4 | 0.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,340.0 | 1,321.5 | 11.5 | -18.5 | 29.0 | -1.4 | 2.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,769.6 | 1,790.1 | 14.6 | 20.5 | 128.5 | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 704.7 | 716.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 17.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| Educational services | 1,487.8 | 1,511.7 | 13.6 | 23.9 | 72.2 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,623.1 | 2,630.8 | 15.1 | 7.7 | 89.9 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 824.7 | 829.9 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 128.2 | 0.6 | 18.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,034.8 | 1,054.6 | 14.5 | 19.8 | 197.2 | 1.9 | 23.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 721.4 | 714.0 | 11.2 | -7.4 | -5.9 | -1.0 | -0.8 |
| Public administration | 1,112.7 | 1,117.2 | 8.8 | 4.5 | 64.9 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
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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