Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| October 2022 |
November 2022 |
Standard error1 | October to November 2022 | November 2021 to November 2022 | October to November 2022 | November 2021 to November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,005.0 | 17,004.9 | 43.2 | -0.1 | 345.0 | -0.0 | 2.1 |
| Public sector employees | 4,286.8 | 4,261.9 | 26.9 | -24.9 | 90.5 | -0.6 | 2.2 |
| Private sector employees | 12,718.3 | 12,743.0 | 43.6 | 24.7 | 254.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,651.1 | 2,661.5 | 31.3 | 10.4 | 23.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,656.2 | 19,666.3 | 34.1 | 10.1 | 368.7 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,027.1 | 4,017.7 | 19.0 | -9.4 | 135.0 | -0.2 | 3.5 |
| Agriculture | 262.4 | 259.2 | 5.6 | -3.2 | 21.6 | -1.2 | 9.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 332.7 | 336.9 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 18.6 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| Utilities | 153.9 | 149.7 | 3.4 | -4.2 | 11.6 | -2.7 | 8.4 |
| Construction | 1,534.0 | 1,509.3 | 12.6 | -24.7 | 84.2 | -1.6 | 5.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,744.2 | 1,762.7 | 12.9 | 18.5 | -0.9 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,629.1 | 15,648.7 | 33.5 | 19.6 | 233.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,887.1 | 2,863.9 | 18.1 | -23.2 | -78.0 | -0.8 | -2.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 985.1 | 984.1 | 10.6 | -1.0 | -39.3 | -0.1 | -3.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,338.2 | 1,359.6 | 10.6 | 21.4 | 33.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,835.9 | 1,820.9 | 13.7 | -15.0 | 96.1 | -0.8 | 5.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 714.5 | 708.9 | 11.3 | -5.6 | 1.6 | -0.8 | 0.2 |
| Educational services | 1,481.3 | 1,493.7 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 32.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,626.9 | 2,625.4 | 14.4 | -1.5 | 15.5 | -0.1 | 0.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 799.5 | 815.0 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 35.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,077.3 | 1,085.6 | 13.1 | 8.3 | 67.8 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 745.9 | 747.6 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 31.1 | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| Public administration | 1,137.7 | 1,143.8 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 38.0 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
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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