Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
November 2022 |
December 2022 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2022 | December 2021 to December 2022 | November to December 2022 | December 2021 to December 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
Class of worker | |||||||
Employees | 17,004.9 | 17,098.0 | 43.2 | 93.1 | 360.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
Public sector employees | 4,261.9 | 4,243.5 | 26.9 | -18.4 | 35.8 | -0.4 | 0.9 |
Private sector employees | 12,743.0 | 12,854.5 | 43.6 | 111.5 | 324.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
Self-employed | 2,661.5 | 2,672.3 | 31.3 | 10.8 | 33.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
Total employed, all industries | 19,666.3 | 19,770.3 | 34.1 | 104.0 | 394.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Goods-producing sector | 4,017.7 | 4,039.9 | 19.0 | 22.2 | 114.6 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
Agriculture | 259.2 | 260.6 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 22.6 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
Natural resources2 | 336.9 | 334.8 | 6.2 | -2.1 | 14.3 | -0.6 | 4.5 |
Utilities | 149.7 | 145.3 | 3.4 | -4.4 | 4.7 | -2.9 | 3.3 |
Construction | 1,509.3 | 1,544.3 | 12.6 | 35.0 | 84.0 | 2.3 | 5.8 |
Manufacturing | 1,762.7 | 1,754.9 | 12.9 | -7.8 | -11.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
Services-producing sector | 15,648.7 | 15,730.4 | 33.5 | 81.7 | 279.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2,863.9 | 2,855.3 | 18.1 | -8.6 | -90.5 | -0.3 | -3.1 |
Transportation and warehousing | 984.1 | 1,013.4 | 10.6 | 29.3 | -6.7 | 3.0 | -0.7 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,359.6 | 1,362.9 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 42.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,820.9 | 1,844.0 | 13.7 | 23.1 | 122.0 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
Business, building and other support services | 708.9 | 711.9 | 11.3 | 3.0 | -5.7 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
Educational services | 1,493.7 | 1,483.8 | 12.8 | -9.9 | 5.2 | -0.7 | 0.4 |
Health care and social assistance | 2,625.4 | 2,608.0 | 14.4 | -17.4 | -5.2 | -0.7 | -0.2 |
Information, culture and recreation | 815.0 | 840.0 | 12.2 | 25.0 | 56.6 | 3.1 | 7.2 |
Accommodation and food services | 1,085.6 | 1,099.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 84.3 | 1.2 | 8.3 |
Other services (except public administration) | 747.6 | 757.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 33.5 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
Public administration | 1,143.8 | 1,154.6 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 44.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
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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