Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| May 2022 |
June 2022 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2022 | June 2021 to June 2022 | May to June 2022 | June 2021 to June 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,950.7 | 16,966.7 | 45.8 | 16.0 | 833.6 | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| Public sector employees | 4,313.4 | 4,312.8 | 26.9 | -0.6 | 236.3 | -0.0 | 5.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,637.3 | 12,653.9 | 45.8 | 16.6 | 597.3 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,689.6 | 2,630.4 | 32.0 | -59.2 | -36.0 | -2.2 | -1.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,640.3 | 19,597.1 | 37.8 | -43.2 | 797.7 | -0.2 | 4.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,965.6 | 3,998.1 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 144.5 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| Agriculture | 241.7 | 248.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | -7.5 | 2.7 | -2.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 345.3 | 325.2 | 5.9 | -20.1 | -2.2 | -5.8 | -0.7 |
| Utilities | 147.3 | 144.0 | 3.3 | -3.3 | 3.6 | -2.2 | 2.6 |
| Construction | 1,510.2 | 1,533.2 | 13.6 | 23.0 | 113.6 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,721.1 | 1,747.4 | 14.3 | 26.3 | 37.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,674.7 | 15,599.0 | 36.7 | -75.7 | 653.2 | -0.5 | 4.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,995.2 | 2,934.5 | 20.1 | -60.7 | 122.5 | -2.0 | 4.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 993.0 | 1,004.2 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 30.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,321.5 | 1,325.3 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 35.7 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,790.1 | 1,796.0 | 14.6 | 5.9 | 113.7 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 716.7 | 721.2 | 12.3 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Educational services | 1,511.7 | 1,497.5 | 13.6 | -14.2 | 43.2 | -0.9 | 3.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,630.8 | 2,610.6 | 15.1 | -20.2 | 54.1 | -0.8 | 2.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 829.9 | 816.0 | 13.1 | -13.9 | 109.2 | -1.7 | 15.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,054.6 | 1,044.1 | 14.5 | -10.5 | 86.4 | -1.0 | 9.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 714.0 | 717.4 | 11.2 | 3.4 | -26.2 | 0.5 | -3.5 |
| Public administration | 1,117.2 | 1,132.1 | 8.8 | 14.9 | 73.8 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
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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