Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| April 2025 |
May 2025 |
Standard error1 | April to May 2025 | May 2024 to May 2025 | April to May 2025 | May 2024 to May 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,219.9 | 18,259.2 | 36.1 | 39.3 | 239.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Public sector employees | 4,549.6 | 4,528.3 | 19.6 | -21.3 | 87.1 | -0.5 | 2.0 |
| Private sector employees | 13,670.3 | 13,730.9 | 35.5 | 60.6 | 152.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,749.3 | 2,718.9 | 22.9 | -30.4 | 40.7 | -1.1 | 1.5 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,969.3 | 20,978.1 | 32.0 | 8.8 | 279.8 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,197.5 | 4,184.5 | 19.2 | -13.0 | 11.5 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| Agriculture | 232.2 | 229.7 | 5.1 | -2.5 | 4.1 | -1.1 | 1.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 333.3 | 337.6 | 5.9 | 4.3 | -18.4 | 1.3 | -5.2 |
| Utilities | 156.1 | 161.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 7.0 |
| Construction | 1,640.6 | 1,633.2 | 13.0 | -7.4 | 45.9 | -0.5 | 2.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,835.3 | 1,823.1 | 12.9 | -12.2 | -30.5 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,771.8 | 16,793.6 | 31.5 | 21.8 | 268.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,942.1 | 2,984.9 | 16.8 | 42.8 | 44.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,087.2 | 1,071.7 | 10.3 | -15.5 | -13.7 | -1.4 | -1.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,489.3 | 1,501.7 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 70.6 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,001.9 | 2,011.8 | 13.5 | 9.9 | 43.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 705.1 | 690.6 | 10.7 | -14.5 | -23.8 | -2.1 | -3.3 |
| Educational services | 1,601.1 | 1,607.2 | 12.2 | 6.1 | 62.9 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,870.4 | 2,880.7 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 61.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 848.0 | 867.3 | 11.9 | 19.3 | 31.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,169.8 | 1,153.4 | 12.6 | -16.4 | 9.2 | -1.4 | 0.8 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 777.8 | 777.5 | 9.6 | -0.3 | -36.5 | -0.0 | -4.5 |
| Public administration | 1,279.1 | 1,246.9 | 8.3 | -32.2 | 19.2 | -2.5 | 1.6 |
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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