Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| February 2025 |
March 2025 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2025 | March 2024 to March 2025 | February to March 2025 | March 2024 to March 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,274.4 | 18,223.8 | 36.1 | -50.6 | 266.8 | -0.3 | 1.5 |
| Public sector employees | 4,529.5 | 4,526.7 | 19.6 | -2.8 | 91.8 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
| Private sector employees | 13,744.9 | 13,697.1 | 35.5 | -47.8 | 175.0 | -0.3 | 1.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,720.1 | 2,738.1 | 22.9 | 18.0 | 80.6 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,994.5 | 20,961.9 | 32.0 | -32.6 | 347.4 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,242.2 | 4,230.5 | 19.2 | -11.7 | 23.9 | -0.3 | 0.6 |
| Agriculture | 238.6 | 229.3 | 5.1 | -9.3 | 1.1 | -3.9 | 0.5 |
| Natural resources2 | 336.4 | 340.8 | 5.9 | 4.4 | -8.6 | 1.3 | -2.5 |
| Utilities | 148.0 | 152.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | -6.3 | 2.8 | -4.0 |
| Construction | 1,646.2 | 1,642.4 | 13.0 | -3.8 | 20.5 | -0.2 | 1.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,873.0 | 1,865.9 | 12.9 | -7.1 | 17.4 | -0.4 | 0.9 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,752.4 | 16,731.5 | 31.5 | -20.9 | 323.5 | -0.1 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,997.4 | 2,968.9 | 16.8 | -28.5 | 21.3 | -1.0 | 0.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,068.9 | 1,079.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | -17.0 | 0.9 | -1.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,459.3 | 1,465.6 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 55.1 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,986.1 | 1,995.7 | 13.5 | 9.6 | 49.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Business, building and other support services | 729.9 | 719.6 | 10.7 | -10.3 | 29.0 | -1.4 | 4.2 |
| Educational services | 1,599.2 | 1,595.7 | 12.2 | -3.5 | 36.9 | -0.2 | 2.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,878.8 | 2,878.2 | 13.7 | -0.6 | 94.1 | -0.0 | 3.4 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 855.7 | 835.4 | 11.9 | -20.3 | -1.0 | -2.4 | -0.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,180.1 | 1,178.3 | 12.6 | -1.8 | 71.9 | -0.2 | 6.5 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 761.3 | 772.9 | 9.6 | 11.6 | -32.3 | 1.5 | -4.0 |
| Public administration | 1,235.7 | 1,242.0 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
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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