Table 4 
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits,1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted 

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Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits, by occupation, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  February 2024 January 2025p February 2025p January to February 2025 February 2024 to February 2025 January to February 2025 February 2024 to February 2025
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 466,400 482,140 494,130 11,990 27,730 2.5 5.9
Legislative and senior management occupations 3,050 3,170 3,300 130 250 4.1 8.2
Legislative and senior managers 3,050 3,170 3,300 130 250 4.1 8.2
Business, finance and administration occupations 55,700 60,790 61,580 790 5,880 1.3 10.6
Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting) 6,600 7,540 7,680 140 1,080 1.9 16.4
Professional occupations in finance and business 8,420 9,550 9,650 100 1,230 1.0 14.6
Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations 7,740 8,640 8,770 130 1,030 1.5 13.3
Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations 16,920 18,280 18,630 350 1,710 1.9 10.1
Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations 16,020 16,780 16,840 60 820 0.4 5.1
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 32,870 36,200 37,140 940 4,270 2.6 13.0
Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems 1,560 1,820 1,870 50 310 2.7 19.9
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 13,410 14,570 14,790 220 1,380 1.5 10.3
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 17,900 19,800 20,480 680 2,580 3.4 14.4
Health occupations 7,030 7,360 7,480 120 450 1.6 6.4
Specialized middle management occupations in health care 150 190 200 10 50 5.3 33.3
Professional occupations in health 1,420 1,410 1,450 40 30 2.8 2.1
Technical occupations in health 1,570 1,670 1,690 20 120 1.2 7.6
Assisting occupations in support of health services 3,890 4,090 4,150 60 260 1.5 6.7
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 47,010 49,800 50,210 410 3,200 0.8 6.8
Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services x 1,610 1,620 10 x 0.6 x
Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services 17,680 18,050 17,990 -60 310 -0.3 1.8
Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services 10,170 11,340 11,150 -190 980 -1.7 9.6
Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection 11,200 12,400 13,090 690 1,890 5.6 16.9
Care providers and legal and public protection support occupations x x x x x x x
Student monitors, crossing guards and related occupations x x x x x x x
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 13,750 14,280 14,650 370 900 2.6 6.5
Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 520 550 570 20 50 3.6 9.6
Professional occupations in art and culture 2,390 2,380 2,470 90 80 3.8 3.3
Technical occupations in art, culture and sport 7,090 6,780 6,910 130 -180 1.9 -2.5
Occupations in art, culture and sport 3,090 3,930 4,020 90 930 2.3 30.1
Support occupations in sport 660 640 670 30 10 4.7 1.5
Support occupations in art and culture 10 10 10 0 0 0.0 0.0
Sales and service occupations 76,170 78,950 79,790 840 3,620 1.1 4.8
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services 10,620 11,320 11,400 80 780 0.7 7.3
Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services 8,210 8,700 8,750 50 540 0.6 6.6
Occupations in sales and services 9,620 9,870 10,030 160 410 1.6 4.3
Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations 22,080 23,200 23,380 180 1,300 0.8 5.9
Sales and service support occupations 25,630 25,870 26,240 370 610 1.4 2.4
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 163,620 164,850 171,350 6,500 7,730 3.9 4.7
Middle management occupations in trades and transportation 5,120 5,310 5,230 -80 110 -1.5 2.1
Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers 57,440 58,950 63,540 4,590 6,100 7.8 10.6
General trades 48,960 48,230 49,950 1,720 990 3.6 2.0
Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers 5,620 5,680 5,710 30 90 0.5 1.6
Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers 46,470 46,680 46,930 250 460 0.5 1.0
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 28,350 29,340 30,120 780 1,770 2.7 6.2
Middle management occupations in production and agriculture 1,080 1,020 1,040 20 -40 2.0 -3.7
Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production 2,310 2,340 2,360 20 50 0.9 2.2
Occupations in natural resources and related production 4,480 4,710 4,940 230 460 4.9 10.3
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production 5,110 5,290 5,490 200 380 3.8 7.4
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers 15,370 15,980 16,290 310 920 1.9 6.0
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 37,480 35,840 36,660 820 -820 2.3 -2.2
Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities 1,100 1,180 1,190 10 90 0.8 8.2
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers 2,370 2,040 2,110 70 -260 3.4 -11.0
Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors 570 650 650 0 80 0.0 14.0
Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing 16,740 16,740 17,500 760 760 4.5 4.5
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 16,690 15,220 15,210 -10 -1,480 -0.1 -8.9
p
preliminary
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0456-01.

Table note 1

Includes people who receive regular income benefits, whether or not they participate in one of three employment benefit programs, namely the Skills Development Program, the Job Creation Partnerships Program and the Self-employment Program.

Table note 2

National Occupational Classification 2021.
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