Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| June 2024 |
July 2024 |
Standard error1 | June to July 2024 | July 2023 to July 2024 | June to July 2024 | July 2023 to July 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,842.2 | 17,841.1 | 36.3 | -1.1 | 290.6 | -0.0 | 1.7 |
| Public sector employees | 4,412.1 | 4,452.9 | 20.0 | 40.8 | 204.6 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Private sector employees | 13,430.1 | 13,388.2 | 35.6 | -41.9 | 86.0 | -0.3 | 0.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,674.1 | 2,672.5 | 23.0 | -1.6 | 55.0 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,516.4 | 20,513.6 | 32.3 | -2.8 | 345.5 | -0.0 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,109.9 | 4,122.0 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 236.6 | 239.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | -24.5 | 1.0 | -9.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 351.8 | 356.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 30.2 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| Utilities | 146.0 | 152.2 | 3.5 | 6.2 | -4.1 | 4.2 | -2.6 |
| Construction | 1,556.4 | 1,563.4 | 12.9 | 7.0 | 25.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,819.2 | 1,810.6 | 12.6 | -8.6 | -22.5 | -0.5 | -1.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,406.4 | 16,391.6 | 31.8 | -14.8 | 341.0 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,913.0 | 2,868.9 | 16.9 | -44.1 | -127.2 | -1.5 | -4.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,056.0 | 1,070.5 | 10.3 | 14.5 | 49.5 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,437.7 | 1,422.7 | 10.7 | -15.0 | 9.0 | -1.0 | 0.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,937.6 | 1,949.8 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 105.4 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 705.6 | 700.5 | 10.7 | -5.1 | 20.1 | -0.7 | 3.0 |
| Educational services | 1,529.5 | 1,531.0 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 32.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,811.4 | 2,817.5 | 13.7 | 6.1 | 138.1 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 830.5 | 839.9 | 12.2 | 9.4 | -1.8 | 1.1 | -0.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,158.4 | 1,148.7 | 12.6 | -9.7 | 13.4 | -0.8 | 1.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 813.8 | 809.3 | 9.7 | -4.5 | 46.9 | -0.6 | 6.2 |
| Public administration | 1,212.8 | 1,232.8 | 8.3 | 20.0 | 54.6 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
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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