Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2022 |
August 2022 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2022 | August 2021 to August 2022 | July to August 2022 | August 2021 to August 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,901.9 | 16,869.9 | 43.2 | -32.0 | 570.0 | -0.2 | 3.5 |
| Public sector employees | 4,261.8 | 4,234.2 | 26.9 | -27.6 | 156.7 | -0.6 | 3.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,640.1 | 12,635.7 | 43.6 | -4.4 | 413.3 | -0.0 | 3.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,664.6 | 2,656.9 | 31.3 | -7.7 | 9.5 | -0.3 | 0.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,566.5 | 19,526.8 | 34.1 | -39.7 | 579.5 | -0.2 | 3.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,020.7 | 4,006.8 | 19.0 | -13.9 | 166.3 | -0.3 | 4.3 |
| Agriculture | 252.5 | 261.5 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 16.3 | 3.6 | 6.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 327.9 | 333.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| Utilities | 144.9 | 151.0 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
| Construction | 1,540.9 | 1,512.7 | 12.6 | -28.2 | 88.0 | -1.8 | 6.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,754.5 | 1,747.9 | 12.9 | -6.6 | 38.8 | -0.4 | 2.3 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,545.8 | 15,520.0 | 33.5 | -25.8 | 413.2 | -0.2 | 2.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,907.6 | 2,910.0 | 18.1 | 2.4 | 77.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,013.0 | 1,005.3 | 10.6 | -7.7 | 15.1 | -0.8 | 1.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,336.1 | 1,344.0 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 58.1 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,794.3 | 1,808.7 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 113.8 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 708.9 | 697.7 | 11.3 | -11.2 | -9.5 | -1.6 | -1.3 |
| Educational services | 1,479.5 | 1,430.0 | 12.8 | -49.5 | -21.5 | -3.3 | -1.5 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,588.6 | 2,596.4 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 34.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 821.6 | 818.6 | 12.2 | -3.0 | 92.8 | -0.4 | 12.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,048.4 | 1,046.8 | 13.1 | -1.6 | -17.0 | -0.2 | -1.6 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 712.1 | 727.5 | 9.8 | 15.4 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Public administration | 1,135.7 | 1,135.0 | 8.8 | -0.7 | 60.8 | -0.1 | 5.7 |
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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