Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2024 |
December 2024 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2024 | December 2023 to December 2024 | November to December 2024 | December 2023 to December 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,962.9 | 18,030.0 | 36.3 | 67.1 | 349.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,448.5 | 4,488.9 | 20.0 | 40.4 | 158.5 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| Private sector employees | 13,514.4 | 13,541.1 | 35.6 | 26.7 | 190.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,684.6 | 2,708.3 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 64.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,647.4 | 20,738.3 | 32.3 | 90.9 | 413.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,113.8 | 4,136.3 | 18.8 | 22.5 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Agriculture | 227.7 | 228.6 | 5.6 | 0.9 | -12.2 | 0.4 | -5.1 |
| Natural resources2 | 341.8 | 334.4 | 5.7 | -7.4 | 2.2 | -2.2 | 0.7 |
| Utilities | 146.6 | 156.4 | 3.5 | 9.8 | -2.4 | 6.7 | -1.5 |
| Construction | 1,599.3 | 1,605.4 | 12.9 | 6.1 | 23.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,798.4 | 1,811.5 | 12.6 | 13.1 | -2.8 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,533.7 | 16,602.1 | 31.8 | 68.4 | 405.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,935.1 | 2,927.3 | 16.9 | -7.8 | -4.8 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,049.0 | 1,065.6 | 10.3 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,432.1 | 1,448.0 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 84.8 | 1.1 | 6.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,974.6 | 1,963.4 | 13.6 | -11.2 | 24.1 | -0.6 | 1.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 714.5 | 725.6 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 45.8 | 1.6 | 6.7 |
| Educational services | 1,573.1 | 1,590.5 | 12.6 | 17.4 | 70.9 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,841.0 | 2,856.5 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 129.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 851.7 | 852.8 | 12.2 | 1.1 | -3.0 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,164.9 | 1,173.9 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 39.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 781.8 | 785.4 | 9.7 | 3.6 | -11.8 | 0.5 | -1.5 |
| Public administration | 1,215.7 | 1,213.0 | 8.3 | -2.7 | 17.9 | -0.2 | 1.5 |
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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