Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2024 |
September 2024 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2024 | September 2023 to September 2024 | August to September 2024 | September 2023 to September 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,870.7 | 17,908.4 | 36.3 | 37.7 | 320.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,444.3 | 4,420.7 | 20.0 | -23.6 | 127.8 | -0.5 | 3.0 |
| Private sector employees | 13,426.4 | 13,487.6 | 35.6 | 61.2 | 193.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-employed | 2,665.1 | 2,674.0 | 23.0 | 8.9 | -8.4 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,535.7 | 20,582.4 | 32.3 | 46.7 | 312.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,124.7 | 4,121.1 | 18.8 | -3.6 | 4.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 240.5 | 235.8 | 5.6 | -4.7 | -18.7 | -2.0 | -7.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 350.3 | 346.6 | 5.7 | -3.7 | 17.7 | -1.1 | 5.4 |
| Utilities | 145.4 | 147.0 | 3.5 | 1.6 | -6.4 | 1.1 | -4.2 |
| Construction | 1,566.7 | 1,574.6 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,821.8 | 1,817.2 | 12.6 | -4.6 | -1.6 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,411.1 | 16,461.3 | 31.8 | 50.2 | 307.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,882.8 | 2,904.7 | 16.9 | 21.9 | -84.9 | 0.8 | -2.8 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,072.1 | 1,076.8 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,433.9 | 1,435.2 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 54.4 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,933.6 | 1,954.2 | 13.6 | 20.6 | 57.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Business, building and other support services | 692.4 | 691.2 | 10.7 | -1.2 | 2.2 | -0.2 | 0.3 |
| Educational services | 1,557.7 | 1,546.1 | 12.6 | -11.6 | 29.9 | -0.7 | 2.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,842.5 | 2,833.3 | 13.7 | -9.2 | 146.0 | -0.3 | 5.4 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 840.0 | 861.9 | 12.2 | 21.9 | 26.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,138.9 | 1,137.4 | 12.6 | -1.5 | -5.7 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 790.7 | 794.1 | 9.7 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Public administration | 1,226.4 | 1,226.4 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
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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