Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2024 |
August 2024 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2024 | August 2023 to August 2024 | July to August 2024 | August 2023 to August 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,841.1 | 17,870.7 | 36.3 | 29.6 | 313.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,452.9 | 4,444.3 | 20.0 | -8.6 | 181.5 | -0.2 | 4.3 |
| Private sector employees | 13,388.2 | 13,426.4 | 35.6 | 38.2 | 132.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,672.5 | 2,665.1 | 23.0 | -7.4 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,513.6 | 20,535.7 | 32.3 | 22.1 | 316.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,122.0 | 4,124.7 | 18.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Agriculture | 239.0 | 240.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | -14.4 | 0.6 | -5.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 356.8 | 350.3 | 5.7 | -6.5 | 20.0 | -1.8 | 6.1 |
| Utilities | 152.2 | 145.4 | 3.5 | -6.8 | -9.3 | -4.5 | -6.0 |
| Construction | 1,563.4 | 1,566.7 | 12.9 | 3.3 | -3.8 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,810.6 | 1,821.8 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,391.6 | 16,411.1 | 31.8 | 19.5 | 316.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,868.9 | 2,882.8 | 16.9 | 13.9 | -116.6 | 0.5 | -3.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,070.5 | 1,072.1 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 38.0 | 0.1 | 3.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,422.7 | 1,433.9 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 37.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,949.8 | 1,933.6 | 13.6 | -16.2 | 47.0 | -0.8 | 2.5 |
| Business, building and other support services | 700.5 | 692.4 | 10.7 | -8.1 | 5.5 | -1.2 | 0.8 |
| Educational services | 1,531.0 | 1,557.7 | 12.6 | 26.7 | 75.2 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,817.5 | 2,842.5 | 13.7 | 25.0 | 157.0 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 839.9 | 840.0 | 12.2 | 0.1 | -3.7 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,148.7 | 1,138.9 | 12.6 | -9.8 | 5.3 | -0.9 | 0.5 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 809.3 | 790.7 | 9.7 | -18.6 | 12.5 | -2.3 | 1.6 |
| Public administration | 1,232.8 | 1,226.4 | 8.3 | -6.4 | 58.1 | -0.5 | 5.0 |
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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