Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2024 |
February 2024 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2024 | February 2023 to February 2024 | January to February 2024 | February 2023 to February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,735.9 | 17,738.4 | 36.7 | 2.5 | 356.9 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Public sector employees | 4,378.0 | 4,396.8 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 197.3 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Private sector employees | 13,357.9 | 13,341.5 | 35.7 | -16.4 | 159.5 | -0.1 | 1.2 |
| Self-employed | 2,626.3 | 2,664.6 | 23.5 | 38.3 | 11.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,362.2 | 20,402.9 | 32.1 | 40.7 | 368.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,104.8 | 4,098.5 | 19.4 | -6.3 | -42.0 | -0.2 | -1.0 |
| Agriculture | 235.0 | 229.0 | 6.0 | -6.0 | -33.9 | -2.6 | -12.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 330.7 | 334.6 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Utilities | 155.8 | 155.1 | 3.7 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 |
| Construction | 1,575.1 | 1,585.6 | 13.4 | 10.5 | -10.2 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,808.1 | 1,794.2 | 13.0 | -13.9 | -3.6 | -0.8 | -0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,257.5 | 16,304.4 | 31.9 | 46.9 | 410.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,963.4 | 2,946.6 | 17.4 | -16.8 | -13.5 | -0.6 | -0.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,073.4 | 1,082.8 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 103.7 | 0.9 | 10.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,391.3 | 1,394.5 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,922.8 | 1,940.7 | 13.9 | 17.9 | 84.7 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
| Business, building and other support services | 695.8 | 682.6 | 11.1 | -13.2 | -10.5 | -1.9 | -1.5 |
| Educational services | 1,547.3 | 1,530.3 | 12.6 | -17.0 | 58.5 | -1.1 | 4.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,713.4 | 2,721.6 | 13.6 | 8.2 | 75.3 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 843.0 | 852.4 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 21.4 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,104.5 | 1,130.7 | 12.6 | 26.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 791.6 | 802.4 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 43.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 |
| Public administration | 1,211.0 | 1,219.8 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 34.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
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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