Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2023 |
August 2023 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2023 | August 2022 to August 2023 | July to August 2023 | August 2022 to August 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,556.9 | 17,547.3 | 35.2 | -9.6 | 490.1 | -0.1 | 2.9 |
| Public sector employees | 4,241.9 | 4,255.1 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 86.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Private sector employees | 13,315.0 | 13,292.3 | 34.4 | -22.7 | 403.4 | -0.2 | 3.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,609.5 | 2,659.0 | 22.8 | 49.5 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,166.4 | 20,206.3 | 30.7 | 39.9 | 500.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,128.9 | 4,126.4 | 19.1 | -2.5 | 28.4 | -0.1 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture | 265.7 | 255.2 | 5.6 | -10.5 | -8.9 | -4.0 | -3.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 325.4 | 330.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Utilities | 157.1 | 155.5 | 3.7 | -1.6 | 3.7 | -1.0 | 2.4 |
| Construction | 1,540.0 | 1,573.8 | 13.0 | 33.8 | 13.2 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,840.7 | 1,811.2 | 13.1 | -29.5 | 20.2 | -1.6 | 1.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,037.5 | 16,079.9 | 30.6 | 42.4 | 471.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,001.0 | 3,009.0 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 20.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,017.4 | 1,030.1 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 47.8 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,417.4 | 1,401.1 | 10.7 | -16.3 | 24.7 | -1.1 | 1.8 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,833.4 | 1,885.5 | 13.5 | 52.1 | 64.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Business, building and other support services | 678.6 | 686.8 | 10.8 | 8.2 | -5.3 | 1.2 | -0.8 |
| Educational services | 1,498.7 | 1,454.5 | 12.0 | -44.2 | 37.4 | -2.9 | 2.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,678.9 | 2,681.2 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 86.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 841.4 | 843.7 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 42.4 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,135.3 | 1,134.8 | 12.7 | -0.5 | 66.7 | -0.0 | 6.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 759.5 | 780.4 | 9.3 | 20.9 | 69.0 | 2.8 | 9.7 |
| Public administration | 1,175.8 | 1,172.8 | 8.5 | -3.0 | 17.9 | -0.3 | 1.5 |
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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