Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| January 2025 |
February 2025 |
Standard error1 | January to February 2025 | February 2024 to February 2025 | January to February 2025 | February 2024 to February 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,256.5 | 18,274.4 | 36.1 | 17.9 | 324.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| Public sector employees | 4,521.9 | 4,529.5 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 100.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Private sector employees | 13,734.7 | 13,744.9 | 35.5 | 10.2 | 223.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,736.9 | 2,720.1 | 22.9 | -16.8 | 62.3 | -0.6 | 2.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,993.4 | 20,994.5 | 32.0 | 1.1 | 386.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,261.7 | 4,242.2 | 19.2 | -19.5 | 63.3 | -0.5 | 1.5 |
| Agriculture | 239.8 | 238.6 | 5.1 | -1.2 | 8.6 | -0.5 | 3.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.1 | 336.4 | 5.9 | -0.7 | -11.1 | -0.2 | -3.2 |
| Utilities | 155.8 | 148.0 | 3.8 | -7.8 | -8.7 | -5.0 | -5.6 |
| Construction | 1,651.2 | 1,646.2 | 13.0 | -5.0 | 40.3 | -0.3 | 2.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,877.8 | 1,873.0 | 12.9 | -4.8 | 34.2 | -0.3 | 1.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,731.8 | 16,752.4 | 31.5 | 20.6 | 323.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,946.6 | 2,997.4 | 16.8 | 50.8 | 27.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,091.9 | 1,068.9 | 10.3 | -23.0 | -28.8 | -2.1 | -2.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,443.7 | 1,459.3 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 60.3 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,019.0 | 1,986.1 | 13.5 | -32.9 | 22.3 | -1.6 | 1.1 |
| Business, building and other support services | 726.4 | 729.9 | 10.7 | 3.5 | 43.1 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| Educational services | 1,596.9 | 1,599.2 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 45.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,876.6 | 2,878.8 | 13.7 | 2.2 | 131.5 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 852.5 | 855.7 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,175.9 | 1,180.1 | 12.6 | 4.2 | 49.0 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 771.0 | 761.3 | 9.6 | -9.7 | -49.1 | -1.3 | -6.1 |
| Public administration | 1,231.3 | 1,235.7 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
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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