Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2023 |
April 2023 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2023 | April 2022 to April 2023 | March to April 2023 | April 2022 to April 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,433.7 | 17,456.2 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 380.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Public sector employees | 4,205.4 | 4,218.7 | 19.4 | 13.3 | 81.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Private sector employees | 13,228.3 | 13,237.5 | 34.8 | 9.2 | 299.0 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,655.0 | 2,674.1 | 22.8 | 19.1 | 34.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,088.8 | 20,130.2 | 31.0 | 41.4 | 414.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,117.5 | 4,123.8 | 18.7 | 6.3 | 55.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Agriculture | 260.3 | 257.0 | 5.6 | -3.3 | 5.8 | -1.3 | 2.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 318.8 | 320.6 | 6.1 | 1.8 | -12.3 | 0.6 | -3.7 |
| Utilities | 155.3 | 153.3 | 3.6 | -2.0 | 5.8 | -1.3 | 3.9 |
| Construction | 1,590.6 | 1,597.6 | 12.6 | 7.0 | 52.4 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,792.5 | 1,795.3 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,971.2 | 16,006.4 | 30.9 | 35.2 | 358.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,955.0 | 2,979.4 | 16.9 | 24.4 | -57.7 | 0.8 | -1.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,014.1 | 1,030.6 | 10.3 | 16.5 | 46.6 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,404.7 | 1,395.9 | 10.3 | -8.8 | 47.4 | -0.6 | 3.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,869.7 | 1,863.6 | 13.2 | -6.1 | 68.0 | -0.3 | 3.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 724.9 | 710.9 | 10.5 | -14.0 | 31.9 | -1.9 | 4.7 |
| Educational services | 1,473.2 | 1,487.7 | 12.2 | 14.5 | -0.5 | 1.0 | -0.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,640.0 | 2,641.0 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 832.8 | 848.9 | 12.0 | 16.1 | 27.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,122.4 | 1,117.3 | 12.7 | -5.1 | 65.7 | -0.5 | 6.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 749.4 | 746.0 | 9.3 | -3.4 | 24.0 | -0.5 | 3.3 |
| Public administration | 1,185.0 | 1,185.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 61.8 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
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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