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
  March 2024 February 2025p March 2025p February to March 2025 March 2024 to March 2025 February to March 2025 March 2024 to March 2025
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 468,510 495,310 496,720 1,410 28,210 0.3 6.0
Legislative and senior management occupations 3,090 3,330 3,340 10 250 0.3 8.1
Legislative and senior managers 3,090 3,330 3,340 10 250 0.3 8.1
Business, finance and administration occupations 55,860 61,820 61,890 70 6,030 0.1 10.8
Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting) 6,650 7,690 7,710 20 1,060 0.3 15.9
Professional occupations in finance and business 8,510 9,730 9,740 10 1,230 0.1 14.5
Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations 7,760 8,750 8,690 -60 930 -0.7 12.0
Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations 16,860 18,700 18,830 130 1,970 0.7 11.7
Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations 16,080 16,950 16,910 -40 830 -0.2 5.2
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 33,380 37,250 37,740 490 4,360 1.3 13.1
Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems 1,620 1,870 1,850 -20 230 -1.1 14.2
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 13,810 14,890 15,080 190 1,270 1.3 9.2
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 17,950 20,490 20,810 320 2,860 1.6 15.9
Health occupations 7,070 7,520 7,540 20 470 0.3 6.6
Specialized middle management occupations in health care 160 200 210 10 50 5.0 31.3
Professional occupations in health 1,410 1,480 1,520 40 110 2.7 7.8
Technical occupations in health 1,590 1,690 1,640 -50 50 -3.0 3.1
Assisting occupations in support of health services 3,910 4,160 4,160 0 250 0.0 6.4
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 46,760 50,670 51,000 330 4,240 0.7 9.1
Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services 1,330 1,620 1,610 -10 280 -0.6 21.1
Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services 15,230 18,070 18,120 50 2,890 0.3 19.0
Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services 9,220 11,060 11,100 40 1,880 0.4 20.4
Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection 15,420 13,520 13,710 190 -1,710 1.4 -11.1
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 13,670 14,840 15,210 370 1,540 2.5 11.3
Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 530 570 570 0 40 0.0 7.5
Professional occupations in art and culture 2,440 2,510 2,570 60 130 2.4 5.3
Technical occupations in art, culture and sport 7,060 6,990 7,190 200 130 2.9 1.8
Occupations in art, culture and sport 2,980 4,080 4,160 80 1,180 2.0 39.6
Support occupations in sport 660 680 700 20 40 2.9 6.1
Support occupations in art and culture 10 10 20 10 10 100.0 100.0
Sales and service occupations 76,490 80,350 80,820 470 4,330 0.6 5.7
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services 10,740 11,510 11,640 130 900 1.1 8.4
Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services 8,270 8,790 8,800 10 530 0.1 6.4
Occupations in sales and services 9,710 10,110 10,220 110 510 1.1 5.3
Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations 22,120 23,500 23,580 80 1,460 0.3 6.6
Sales and service support occupations 25,660 26,430 26,580 150 920 0.6 3.6
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 163,350 170,120 168,080 -2,040 4,730 -1.2 2.9
Middle management occupations in trades and transportation 5,140 5,300 5,340 40 200 0.8 3.9
Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers 57,690 62,540 61,250 -1,290 3,560 -2.1 6.2
General trades 48,710 49,620 49,020 -600 310 -1.2 0.6
Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers 5,500 5,750 5,800 50 300 0.9 5.5
Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers 46,320 46,920 46,660 -260 340 -0.6 0.7
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 28,810 30,460 31,300 840 2,490 2.8 8.6
Middle management occupations in production and agriculture 1,110 1,060 1,080 20 -30 1.9 -2.7
Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production 2,290 2,400 2,430 30 140 1.3 6.1
Occupations in natural resources and related production 4,580 4,960 5,010 50 430 1.0 9.4
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production 5,440 5,540 5,680 140 240 2.5 4.4
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers 15,390 16,500 17,090 590 1,700 3.6 11.0
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 38,560 37,060 37,750 690 -810 1.9 -2.1
Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities 1,090 1,190 1,220 30 130 2.5 11.9
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers 2,290 2,120 2,150 30 -140 1.4 -6.1
Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors 540 640 620 -20 80 -3.1 14.8
Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing 18,300 17,860 18,340 480 40 2.7 0.2
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 16,340 15,250 15,420 170 -920 1.1 -5.6
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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