Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2022 |
January 2023 |
Standard error1 | December 2022 to January 2023 | January 2022 to January 2023 | December 2022 to January 2023 | January 2022 to January 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,218.9 | 17,365.1 | 35.5 | 146.2 | 721.1 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| Public sector employees | 4,178.6 | 4,210.1 | 19.4 | 31.5 | 77.2 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Private sector employees | 13,040.3 | 13,155.0 | 34.8 | 114.7 | 643.8 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,663.5 | 2,667.2 | 22.8 | 3.7 | 25.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,882.4 | 20,032.3 | 31.0 | 149.9 | 746.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,115.5 | 4,140.9 | 18.7 | 25.4 | 137.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Agriculture | 267.5 | 263.8 | 5.6 | -3.7 | 12.9 | -1.4 | 5.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 323.1 | 324.4 | 6.1 | 1.3 | -3.9 | 0.4 | -1.2 |
| Utilities | 145.4 | 150.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| Construction | 1,595.1 | 1,610.9 | 12.6 | 15.8 | 114.4 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,784.5 | 1,791.8 | 12.8 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,766.8 | 15,891.5 | 30.9 | 124.7 | 608.9 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,901.2 | 2,959.9 | 16.9 | 58.7 | -31.7 | 2.0 | -1.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 983.9 | 967.3 | 10.3 | -16.6 | -36.6 | -1.7 | -3.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,397.2 | 1,394.2 | 10.3 | -3.0 | 43.0 | -0.2 | 3.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,867.4 | 1,866.9 | 13.2 | -0.5 | 153.1 | -0.0 | 8.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 711.6 | 704.9 | 10.5 | -6.7 | 18.8 | -0.9 | 2.7 |
| Educational services | 1,462.8 | 1,481.2 | 12.2 | 18.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,597.5 | 2,637.5 | 13.3 | 40.0 | 48.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 830.0 | 839.5 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 93.9 | 1.1 | 12.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,102.4 | 1,114.8 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 208.8 | 1.1 | 23.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 735.9 | 752.1 | 9.3 | 16.2 | 41.3 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| Public administration | 1,177.0 | 1,173.2 | 8.4 | -3.8 | 64.5 | -0.3 | 5.8 |
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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