Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| May 2024 |
June 2024 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2024 | June 2023 to June 2024 | May to June 2024 | June 2023 to June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,851.4 | 17,842.2 | 36.7 | -9.2 | 288.8 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
| Public sector employees | 4,426.7 | 4,412.1 | 19.8 | -14.6 | 182.7 | -0.3 | 4.3 |
| Private sector employees | 13,424.7 | 13,430.1 | 35.7 | 5.4 | 106.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,666.4 | 2,674.1 | 23.5 | 7.7 | 54.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,517.8 | 20,516.4 | 32.1 | -1.4 | 343.4 | -0.0 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,097.3 | 4,109.9 | 19.4 | 12.6 | -44.2 | 0.3 | -1.1 |
| Agriculture | 224.3 | 236.6 | 6.0 | 12.3 | -18.4 | 5.5 | -7.2 |
| Natural resources2 | 348.8 | 351.8 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 25.4 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| Utilities | 149.0 | 146.0 | 3.7 | -3.0 | -9.7 | -2.0 | -6.2 |
| Construction | 1,560.2 | 1,556.4 | 13.4 | -3.8 | -29.8 | -0.2 | -1.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,815.0 | 1,819.2 | 13.0 | 4.2 | -11.6 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,420.5 | 16,406.4 | 31.9 | -14.1 | 387.6 | -0.1 | 2.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,923.3 | 2,913.0 | 17.4 | -10.3 | -83.2 | -0.4 | -2.8 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,067.7 | 1,056.0 | 10.5 | -11.7 | 23.3 | -1.1 | 2.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,433.9 | 1,437.7 | 10.9 | 3.8 | 37.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,947.6 | 1,937.6 | 13.9 | -10.0 | 89.2 | -0.5 | 4.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 707.0 | 705.6 | 11.1 | -1.4 | 27.0 | -0.2 | 4.0 |
| Educational services | 1,521.5 | 1,529.5 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 49.7 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,808.8 | 2,811.4 | 13.6 | 2.6 | 156.3 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 841.5 | 830.5 | 12.1 | -11.0 | -24.0 | -1.3 | -2.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,141.2 | 1,158.4 | 12.6 | 17.2 | 28.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 806.3 | 813.8 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 59.3 | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| Public administration | 1,221.6 | 1,212.8 | 8.7 | -8.8 | 23.9 | -0.7 | 2.0 |
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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