Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2023 |
February 2023 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2023 | February 2022 to February 2023 | January to February 2023 | February 2022 to February 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,365.1 | 17,395.8 | 35.5 | 30.7 | 425.3 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Public sector employees | 4,210.1 | 4,202.2 | 19.4 | -7.9 | 61.0 | -0.2 | 1.5 |
| Private sector employees | 13,155.0 | 13,193.5 | 34.8 | 38.5 | 364.2 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,667.2 | 2,658.3 | 22.8 | -8.9 | -14.9 | -0.3 | -0.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,032.3 | 20,054.1 | 31.0 | 21.8 | 410.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,140.9 | 4,158.4 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 99.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Agriculture | 263.8 | 263.6 | 5.6 | -0.2 | 11.1 | -0.1 | 4.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 324.4 | 329.4 | 6.1 | 5.0 | -1.2 | 1.5 | -0.4 |
| Utilities | 150.0 | 157.5 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 13.7 | 5.0 | 9.5 |
| Construction | 1,610.9 | 1,609.4 | 12.6 | -1.5 | 70.5 | -0.1 | 4.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,791.8 | 1,798.6 | 12.8 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,891.5 | 15,895.7 | 30.9 | 4.2 | 311.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,959.9 | 2,957.4 | 16.9 | -2.5 | -61.0 | -0.1 | -2.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 967.3 | 973.5 | 10.3 | 6.2 | -34.7 | 0.6 | -3.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,394.2 | 1,386.2 | 10.3 | -8.0 | 30.6 | -0.6 | 2.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,866.9 | 1,864.7 | 13.2 | -2.2 | 84.3 | -0.1 | 4.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 704.9 | 694.4 | 10.5 | -10.5 | 4.0 | -1.5 | 0.6 |
| Educational services | 1,481.2 | 1,473.5 | 12.2 | -7.7 | -8.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,637.5 | 2,652.8 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 44.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 839.5 | 831.7 | 12.0 | -7.8 | 14.3 | -0.9 | 1.7 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,114.8 | 1,117.9 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 101.5 | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 752.1 | 760.5 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 52.0 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| Public administration | 1,173.2 | 1,183.2 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
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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