Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2023 |
September 2023 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2023 | September 2022 to September 2023 | August to September 2023 | September 2022 to September 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,547.3 | 17,585.1 | 35.2 | 37.8 | 497.3 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Public sector employees | 4,255.1 | 4,291.7 | 19.1 | 36.6 | 85.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Private sector employees | 13,292.3 | 13,293.4 | 34.4 | 1.1 | 411.7 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| Self-employed | 2,659.0 | 2,685.1 | 22.8 | 26.1 | 54.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,206.3 | 20,270.1 | 30.7 | 63.8 | 552.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,126.4 | 4,115.9 | 19.1 | -10.5 | 47.9 | -0.3 | 1.2 |
| Agriculture | 255.2 | 254.9 | 5.6 | -0.3 | -6.3 | -0.1 | -2.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 330.7 | 331.0 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Utilities | 155.5 | 153.7 | 3.7 | -1.8 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 |
| Construction | 1,573.8 | 1,556.3 | 13.0 | -17.5 | 10.5 | -1.1 | 0.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,811.2 | 1,820.0 | 13.1 | 8.8 | 43.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,079.9 | 16,154.2 | 30.6 | 74.3 | 504.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,009.0 | 2,998.3 | 17.0 | -10.7 | 30.3 | -0.4 | 1.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,030.1 | 1,049.0 | 10.3 | 18.9 | 77.3 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,401.1 | 1,381.3 | 10.7 | -19.8 | 1.6 | -1.4 | 0.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,885.5 | 1,893.9 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 64.2 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
| Business, building and other support services | 686.8 | 688.7 | 10.8 | 1.9 | -6.9 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Educational services | 1,454.5 | 1,520.3 | 12.0 | 65.8 | 60.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,681.2 | 2,684.8 | 13.1 | 3.6 | 65.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 843.7 | 831.6 | 11.6 | -12.1 | 34.1 | -1.4 | 4.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,134.8 | 1,145.8 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 76.5 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 780.4 | 781.2 | 9.3 | 0.8 | 67.1 | 0.1 | 9.4 |
| Public administration | 1,172.8 | 1,179.2 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 34.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
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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