Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Standard error1 | June to July 2023 | July 2022 to July 2023 | June to July 2023 | July 2022 to July 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,557.4 | 17,556.9 | 35.2 | -0.5 | 476.7 | -0.0 | 2.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,224.8 | 4,241.9 | 19.1 | 17.1 | 62.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Private sector employees | 13,332.5 | 13,315.0 | 34.4 | -17.5 | 413.8 | -0.1 | 3.2 |
| Self-employed | 2,615.4 | 2,609.5 | 22.8 | -5.9 | -41.4 | -0.2 | -1.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,172.8 | 20,166.4 | 30.7 | -6.4 | 435.3 | -0.0 | 2.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,156.4 | 4,128.9 | 19.1 | -27.5 | 37.4 | -0.7 | 0.9 |
| Agriculture | 254.1 | 265.7 | 5.6 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 325.7 | 325.4 | 5.8 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
| Utilities | 156.3 | 157.1 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 5.9 |
| Construction | 1,584.7 | 1,540.0 | 13.0 | -44.7 | -25.7 | -2.8 | -1.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,835.5 | 1,840.7 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 47.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,016.3 | 16,037.5 | 30.6 | 21.2 | 397.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,999.1 | 3,001.0 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,031.3 | 1,017.4 | 10.3 | -13.9 | 25.8 | -1.3 | 2.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,402.4 | 1,417.4 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 49.9 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,843.7 | 1,833.4 | 13.5 | -10.3 | 15.5 | -0.6 | 0.9 |
| Business, building and other support services | 677.4 | 678.6 | 10.8 | 1.2 | -22.6 | 0.2 | -3.2 |
| Educational services | 1,479.9 | 1,498.7 | 12.0 | 18.8 | 24.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,653.8 | 2,678.9 | 13.1 | 25.1 | 92.1 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 857.2 | 841.4 | 11.6 | -15.8 | 28.6 | -1.8 | 3.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,126.9 | 1,135.3 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 79.0 | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 752.3 | 759.5 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 56.9 | 1.0 | 8.1 |
| Public administration | 1,192.5 | 1,175.8 | 8.5 | -16.7 | 41.6 | -1.4 | 3.7 |
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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