Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2022 |
September 2022 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2022 | September 2021 to September 2022 | August to September 2022 | September 2021 to September 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,869.9 | 16,913.3 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 433.9 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Public sector employees | 4,234.2 | 4,268.8 | 26.9 | 34.6 | 117.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,635.7 | 12,644.5 | 43.6 | 8.8 | 316.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,656.9 | 2,634.6 | 31.3 | -22.3 | -7.8 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,526.8 | 19,547.9 | 34.1 | 21.1 | 426.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,006.8 | 3,982.0 | 19.0 | -24.8 | 112.2 | -0.6 | 2.9 |
| Agriculture | 261.5 | 258.6 | 5.6 | -2.9 | 17.3 | -1.1 | 7.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 333.6 | 339.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Utilities | 151.0 | 154.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 14.9 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| Construction | 1,512.7 | 1,509.4 | 12.6 | -3.3 | 85.9 | -0.2 | 6.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,747.9 | 1,720.4 | 12.9 | -27.5 | -11.6 | -1.6 | -0.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,520.0 | 15,565.9 | 33.5 | 45.9 | 313.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,910.0 | 2,907.3 | 18.1 | -2.7 | 71.4 | -0.1 | 2.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,005.3 | 987.1 | 10.6 | -18.2 | -16.4 | -1.8 | -1.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,344.0 | 1,341.4 | 10.6 | -2.6 | 26.2 | -0.2 | 2.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,808.7 | 1,818.0 | 13.7 | 9.3 | 95.3 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Business, building and other support services | 697.7 | 708.2 | 11.3 | 10.5 | -14.7 | 1.5 | -2.0 |
| Educational services | 1,430.0 | 1,476.0 | 12.8 | 46.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,596.4 | 2,620.2 | 14.4 | 23.8 | 47.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 818.6 | 797.1 | 12.2 | -21.5 | 46.6 | -2.6 | 6.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,046.8 | 1,059.0 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 20.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 727.5 | 728.4 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 17.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| Public administration | 1,135.0 | 1,123.2 | 8.8 | -11.8 | 17.9 | -1.0 | 1.6 |
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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