Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2023 |
December 2023 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2023 | December 2022 to December 2023 | November to December 2023 | December 2022 to December 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,653.6 | 17,671.3 | 35.2 | 17.7 | 452.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Public sector employees | 4,322.3 | 4,329.1 | 19.1 | 6.8 | 150.5 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Private sector employees | 13,331.3 | 13,342.2 | 34.4 | 10.9 | 301.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,658.9 | 2,641.3 | 22.8 | -17.6 | -22.2 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,312.5 | 20,312.6 | 30.7 | 0.1 | 430.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,161.7 | 4,118.8 | 19.1 | -42.9 | 3.3 | -1.0 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 255.7 | 238.0 | 5.6 | -17.7 | -29.5 | -6.9 | -11.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 327.2 | 331.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Utilities | 153.7 | 156.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 10.9 | 1.7 | 7.5 |
| Construction | 1,595.5 | 1,581.6 | 13.0 | -13.9 | -13.5 | -0.9 | -0.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,829.6 | 1,811.3 | 13.1 | -18.3 | 26.8 | -1.0 | 1.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,150.8 | 16,193.9 | 30.6 | 43.1 | 427.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,949.7 | 2,929.1 | 17.0 | -20.6 | 27.9 | -0.7 | 1.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,060.9 | 1,056.7 | 10.3 | -4.2 | 72.8 | -0.4 | 7.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,354.8 | 1,362.0 | 10.7 | 7.2 | -35.2 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,899.6 | 1,945.3 | 13.5 | 45.7 | 77.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 691.8 | 678.2 | 10.8 | -13.6 | -33.4 | -2.0 | -4.7 |
| Educational services | 1,521.3 | 1,519.8 | 12.0 | -1.5 | 57.0 | -0.1 | 3.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,706.1 | 2,721.6 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 124.1 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 857.7 | 855.2 | 11.6 | -2.5 | 25.2 | -0.3 | 3.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,138.6 | 1,136.1 | 12.7 | -2.5 | 33.7 | -0.2 | 3.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 784.3 | 796.3 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 60.4 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Public administration | 1,186.0 | 1,193.6 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 16.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
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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