Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| March 2025 |
April 2025 |
Standard error1 | March to April 2025 | April 2024 to April 2025 | March to April 2025 | April 2024 to April 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,223.8 | 18,219.9 | 36.1 | -3.9 | 195.2 | -0.0 | 1.1 |
| Public sector employees | 4,526.7 | 4,549.6 | 19.6 | 22.9 | 104.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Private sector employees | 13,697.1 | 13,670.3 | 35.5 | -26.8 | 90.7 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
| Self-employed | 2,738.1 | 2,749.3 | 22.9 | 11.2 | 73.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,961.9 | 20,969.3 | 32.0 | 7.4 | 268.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,230.5 | 4,197.5 | 19.2 | -33.0 | -2.7 | -0.8 | -0.1 |
| Agriculture | 229.3 | 232.2 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 340.8 | 333.3 | 5.9 | -7.5 | -22.5 | -2.2 | -6.3 |
| Utilities | 152.2 | 156.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Construction | 1,642.4 | 1,640.6 | 13.0 | -1.8 | 25.7 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,865.9 | 1,835.3 | 12.9 | -30.6 | -18.8 | -1.6 | -1.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,731.5 | 16,771.8 | 31.5 | 40.3 | 271.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,968.9 | 2,942.1 | 16.8 | -26.8 | -8.4 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,079.0 | 1,087.2 | 10.3 | 8.2 | -14.0 | 0.8 | -1.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,465.6 | 1,489.3 | 10.8 | 23.7 | 80.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,995.7 | 2,001.9 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 34.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 719.6 | 705.1 | 10.7 | -14.5 | 7.8 | -2.0 | 1.1 |
| Educational services | 1,595.7 | 1,601.1 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 44.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,878.2 | 2,870.4 | 13.7 | -7.8 | 69.3 | -0.3 | 2.5 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 835.4 | 848.0 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,178.3 | 1,169.8 | 12.6 | -8.5 | 37.3 | -0.7 | 3.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 772.9 | 777.8 | 9.6 | 4.9 | -36.3 | 0.6 | -4.5 |
| Public administration | 1,242.0 | 1,279.1 | 8.3 | 37.1 | 53.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
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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