Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2024 |
April 2024 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2024 | April 2023 to April 2024 | March to April 2024 | April 2023 to April 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,765.4 | 17,841.3 | 36.7 | 75.9 | 398.2 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Public sector employees | 4,408.7 | 4,434.2 | 19.8 | 25.5 | 208.0 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| Private sector employees | 13,356.7 | 13,407.1 | 35.7 | 50.4 | 190.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,635.3 | 2,649.8 | 23.5 | 14.5 | -21.6 | 0.6 | -0.8 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,400.7 | 20,491.1 | 32.1 | 90.4 | 376.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,128.4 | 4,118.0 | 19.4 | -10.4 | -8.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| Agriculture | 226.5 | 221.1 | 6.0 | -5.4 | -36.7 | -2.4 | -14.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 338.1 | 345.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 23.8 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
| Utilities | 159.4 | 154.4 | 3.7 | -5.0 | 1.3 | -3.1 | 0.8 |
| Construction | 1,600.9 | 1,589.8 | 13.4 | -11.1 | -5.1 | -0.7 | -0.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,803.5 | 1,806.9 | 13.0 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,272.4 | 16,373.1 | 31.9 | 100.7 | 384.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,923.5 | 2,929.6 | 17.4 | 6.1 | -50.1 | 0.2 | -1.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,081.6 | 1,088.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 59.2 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,405.5 | 1,405.1 | 10.9 | -0.4 | 10.6 | -0.0 | 0.8 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,920.8 | 1,946.3 | 13.9 | 25.5 | 87.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 678.8 | 688.3 | 11.1 | 9.5 | -17.7 | 1.4 | -2.5 |
| Educational services | 1,538.1 | 1,533.6 | 12.6 | -4.5 | 47.0 | -0.3 | 3.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,761.5 | 2,778.9 | 13.6 | 17.4 | 138.5 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 842.4 | 852.3 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,104.1 | 1,128.3 | 12.6 | 24.2 | 13.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 797.6 | 804.1 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 56.4 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| Public administration | 1,218.4 | 1,218.3 | 8.7 | -0.1 | 35.3 | -0.0 | 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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