Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| September 2022 |
October 2022 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2022 | October 2021 to October 2022 | September to October 2022 | October 2021 to October 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,913.3 | 17,005.0 | 43.2 | 91.7 | 469.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,268.8 | 4,286.8 | 26.9 | 18.0 | 127.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Private sector employees | 12,644.5 | 12,718.3 | 43.6 | 73.8 | 342.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,634.6 | 2,651.1 | 31.3 | 16.5 | 45.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,547.9 | 19,656.2 | 34.1 | 108.3 | 514.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,982.0 | 4,027.1 | 19.0 | 45.1 | 164.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Agriculture | 258.6 | 262.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 21.4 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 339.5 | 332.7 | 6.2 | -6.8 | 10.8 | -2.0 | 3.4 |
| Utilities | 154.0 | 153.9 | 3.4 | -0.1 | 12.4 | -0.1 | 8.8 |
| Construction | 1,509.4 | 1,534.0 | 12.6 | 24.6 | 104.5 | 1.6 | 7.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,720.4 | 1,744.2 | 12.9 | 23.8 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,565.9 | 15,629.1 | 33.5 | 63.2 | 349.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,907.3 | 2,887.1 | 18.1 | -20.2 | -28.2 | -0.7 | -1.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 987.1 | 985.1 | 10.6 | -2.0 | -23.3 | -0.2 | -2.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,341.4 | 1,338.2 | 10.6 | -3.2 | 16.1 | -0.2 | 1.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,818.0 | 1,835.9 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 145.9 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 708.2 | 714.5 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Educational services | 1,476.0 | 1,481.3 | 12.8 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,620.2 | 2,626.9 | 14.4 | 6.7 | 59.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 797.1 | 799.5 | 12.2 | 2.4 | 35.0 | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,059.0 | 1,077.3 | 13.1 | 18.3 | 65.2 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 728.4 | 745.9 | 9.8 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Public administration | 1,123.2 | 1,137.7 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 41.1 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
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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