Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2023 |
January 2024 |
Standard error1 | December 2023 to January 2024 | January 2023 to January 2024 | December 2023 to January 2024 | January 2023 to January 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,680.9 | 17,735.9 | 36.7 | 55.0 | 384.0 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Public sector employees | 4,330.4 | 4,378.0 | 19.8 | 47.6 | 174.4 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Private sector employees | 13,350.5 | 13,357.9 | 35.7 | 7.4 | 209.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,644.0 | 2,626.3 | 23.5 | -17.7 | -38.7 | -0.7 | -1.5 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,324.9 | 20,362.2 | 32.1 | 37.3 | 345.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,127.8 | 4,104.8 | 19.4 | -23.0 | -28.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 |
| Agriculture | 240.8 | 235.0 | 6.0 | -5.8 | -29.2 | -2.4 | -11.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 332.2 | 330.7 | 5.9 | -1.5 | 6.1 | -0.5 | 1.9 |
| Utilities | 158.8 | 155.8 | 3.7 | -3.0 | 5.7 | -1.9 | 3.8 |
| Construction | 1,581.7 | 1,575.1 | 13.4 | -6.6 | -27.2 | -0.4 | -1.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,814.3 | 1,808.1 | 13.0 | -6.2 | 16.1 | -0.3 | 0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,197.1 | 16,257.5 | 31.9 | 60.4 | 373.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,932.1 | 2,963.4 | 17.4 | 31.3 | -1.2 | 1.1 | -0.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,053.5 | 1,073.4 | 10.5 | 19.9 | 100.6 | 1.9 | 10.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,363.2 | 1,391.3 | 10.9 | 28.1 | -2.3 | 2.1 | -0.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,939.3 | 1,922.8 | 13.9 | -16.5 | 62.3 | -0.9 | 3.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 679.8 | 695.8 | 11.1 | 16.0 | -5.8 | 2.4 | -0.8 |
| Educational services | 1,519.6 | 1,547.3 | 12.6 | 27.7 | 69.0 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,726.8 | 2,713.4 | 13.6 | -13.4 | 79.5 | -0.5 | 3.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 855.8 | 843.0 | 12.1 | -12.8 | 5.7 | -1.5 | 0.7 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,134.8 | 1,104.5 | 12.6 | -30.3 | -12.2 | -2.7 | -1.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 797.2 | 791.6 | 9.8 | -5.6 | 40.2 | -0.7 | 5.4 |
| Public administration | 1,195.1 | 1,211.0 | 8.7 | 15.9 | 38.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
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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