Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| September 2023 |
October 2023 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2023 | October 2022 to October 2023 | September to October 2023 | October 2022 to October 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,585.1 | 17,604.2 | 35.2 | 19.1 | 454.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Public sector employees | 4,291.7 | 4,310.6 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 100.7 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Private sector employees | 13,293.4 | 13,293.6 | 34.4 | 0.2 | 353.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,685.1 | 2,683.4 | 22.8 | -1.7 | 47.1 | -0.1 | 1.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,270.1 | 20,287.6 | 30.7 | 17.5 | 501.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,115.9 | 4,123.4 | 19.1 | 7.5 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Agriculture | 254.9 | 259.3 | 5.6 | 4.4 | -4.4 | 1.7 | -1.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 331.0 | 331.7 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Utilities | 153.7 | 151.9 | 3.7 | -1.8 | -3.3 | -1.2 | -2.1 |
| Construction | 1,556.3 | 1,579.3 | 13.0 | 23.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,820.0 | 1,801.2 | 13.1 | -18.8 | 14.9 | -1.0 | 0.8 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,154.2 | 16,164.2 | 30.6 | 10.0 | 485.3 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,998.3 | 2,976.6 | 17.0 | -21.7 | 48.6 | -0.7 | 1.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,049.0 | 1,052.3 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 88.1 | 0.3 | 9.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,381.3 | 1,373.2 | 10.7 | -8.1 | -8.3 | -0.6 | -0.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,893.9 | 1,899.0 | 13.5 | 5.1 | 45.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 688.7 | 685.5 | 10.8 | -3.2 | -12.6 | -0.5 | -1.8 |
| Educational services | 1,520.3 | 1,522.9 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 64.2 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,684.8 | 2,693.7 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 60.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 831.6 | 852.5 | 11.6 | 20.9 | 61.4 | 2.5 | 7.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,145.8 | 1,140.3 | 12.7 | -5.5 | 49.1 | -0.5 | 4.5 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 781.2 | 782.9 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 67.2 | 0.2 | 9.4 |
| Public administration | 1,179.2 | 1,185.2 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 21.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
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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