Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2024 |
January 2025 |
Standard error1 | December 2024 to January 2025 | January 2024 to January 2025 | December 2024 to January 2025 | January 2024 to January 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,207.9 | 18,256.5 | 36.1 | 48.6 | 322.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,530.3 | 4,521.9 | 19.6 | -8.4 | 107.2 | -0.2 | 2.4 |
| Private sector employees | 13,677.5 | 13,734.7 | 35.5 | 57.2 | 215.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,709.5 | 2,736.9 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 94.2 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,917.4 | 20,993.4 | 32.0 | 76.0 | 416.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,208.1 | 4,261.7 | 19.2 | 53.6 | 83.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Agriculture | 229.7 | 239.8 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Natural resources2 | 342.7 | 337.1 | 5.9 | -5.6 | -7.1 | -1.6 | -2.1 |
| Utilities | 159.1 | 155.8 | 3.8 | -3.3 | -2.5 | -2.1 | -1.6 |
| Construction | 1,631.9 | 1,651.2 | 13.0 | 19.3 | 58.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,844.7 | 1,877.8 | 12.9 | 33.1 | 28.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,709.3 | 16,731.8 | 31.5 | 22.5 | 333.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,944.9 | 2,946.6 | 16.8 | 1.7 | -28.9 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,078.7 | 1,091.9 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,448.9 | 1,443.7 | 10.8 | -5.2 | 40.4 | -0.4 | 2.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,997.3 | 2,019.0 | 13.5 | 21.7 | 65.5 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 733.8 | 726.4 | 10.7 | -7.4 | 29.6 | -1.0 | 4.2 |
| Educational services | 1,604.8 | 1,596.9 | 12.2 | -7.9 | 27.0 | -0.5 | 1.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,872.3 | 2,876.6 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 131.3 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 855.1 | 852.5 | 11.9 | -2.6 | 13.1 | -0.3 | 1.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,161.0 | 1,175.9 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 67.5 | 1.3 | 6.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 784.9 | 771.0 | 9.6 | -13.9 | -27.8 | -1.8 | -3.5 |
| Public administration | 1,227.4 | 1,231.3 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 13.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
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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