Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| April 2024 |
May 2024 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2024 | May 2023 to May 2024 | April to May 2024 | May 2023 to May 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,841.3 | 17,851.4 | 36.7 | 10.1 | 368.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Public sector employees | 4,434.2 | 4,426.7 | 19.8 | -7.5 | 201.4 | -0.2 | 4.8 |
| Private sector employees | 13,407.1 | 13,424.7 | 35.7 | 17.6 | 166.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,649.8 | 2,666.4 | 23.5 | 16.6 | 34.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,491.1 | 20,517.8 | 32.1 | 26.7 | 402.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,118.0 | 4,097.3 | 19.4 | -20.7 | -57.5 | -0.5 | -1.4 |
| Agriculture | 221.1 | 224.3 | 6.0 | 3.2 | -36.0 | 1.4 | -13.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 345.8 | 348.8 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 25.3 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| Utilities | 154.4 | 149.0 | 3.7 | -5.4 | -7.9 | -3.5 | -5.0 |
| Construction | 1,589.8 | 1,560.2 | 13.4 | -29.6 | -34.7 | -1.9 | -2.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,806.9 | 1,815.0 | 13.0 | 8.1 | -4.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,373.1 | 16,420.5 | 31.9 | 47.4 | 459.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,929.6 | 2,923.3 | 17.4 | -6.3 | -37.2 | -0.2 | -1.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,088.3 | 1,067.7 | 10.5 | -20.6 | 47.5 | -1.9 | 4.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,405.1 | 1,433.9 | 10.9 | 28.8 | 40.7 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,946.3 | 1,947.6 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 97.3 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 688.3 | 707.0 | 11.1 | 18.7 | 23.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Educational services | 1,533.6 | 1,521.5 | 12.6 | -12.1 | 29.3 | -0.8 | 2.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,778.9 | 2,808.8 | 13.6 | 29.9 | 170.4 | 1.1 | 6.5 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 852.3 | 841.5 | 12.1 | -10.8 | -6.5 | -1.3 | -0.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,128.3 | 1,141.2 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 804.1 | 806.3 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 47.7 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| Public administration | 1,218.3 | 1,221.6 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 37.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
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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