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
  April 2024 March 2025p April 2025p March to April 2025 April 2024 to April 2025 March to April 2025 April 2024 to April 2025
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 461,100 502,370 519,540 17,170 58,440 3.4 12.7
Legislative and senior management occupations 3,140 3,360 3,630 270 490 8.0 15.6
Legislative and senior managers 3,140 3,360 3,630 270 490 8.0 15.6
Business, finance and administration occupations 56,760 62,120 67,370 5,250 10,610 8.5 18.7
Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting) 6,790 7,680 8,560 880 1,770 11.5 26.1
Professional occupations in finance and business 8,910 9,740 10,530 790 1,620 8.1 18.2
Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations 7,780 8,740 9,680 940 1,900 10.8 24.4
Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations 17,120 19,130 19,990 860 2,870 4.5 16.8
Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations 16,170 16,850 18,610 1,760 2,440 10.4 15.1
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 32,130 37,960 38,400 440 6,270 1.2 19.5
Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems 1,680 1,880 2,070 190 390 10.1 23.2
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 14,390 15,300 16,360 1,060 1,970 6.9 13.7
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 16,060 20,770 19,970 -800 3,910 -3.9 24.3
Health occupations 7,090 7,570 8,130 560 1,040 7.4 14.7
Specialized middle management occupations in health care 160 210 220 10 60 4.8 37.5
Professional occupations in health 1,380 1,540 1,610 70 230 4.5 16.7
Technical occupations in health 1,570 1,680 1,840 160 270 9.5 17.2
Assisting occupations in support of health services 3,980 4,150 4,460 310 480 7.5 12.1
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 47,240 51,840 52,780 940 5,540 1.8 11.7
Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services 1,540 1,600 1,760 160 220 10.0 14.3
Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services 17,560 18,260 18,800 540 1,240 3.0 7.1
Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services 10,430 11,830 12,070 240 1,640 2.0 15.7
Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection 11,180 13,660 13,440 -220 2,260 -1.6 20.2
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 13,730 15,370 15,860 490 2,130 3.2 15.5
Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 550 580 620 40 70 6.9 12.7
Professional occupations in art and culture 2,530 2,640 2,790 150 260 5.7 10.3
Technical occupations in art, culture and sport 7,110 7,260 7,510 250 400 3.4 5.6
Occupations in art, culture and sport 2,850 4,150 4,160 10 1,310 0.2 46.0
Support occupations in sport 680 720 760 40 80 5.6 11.8
Support occupations in art and culture 10 20 20 0 10 0.0 100.0
Sales and service occupations 77,880 82,310 85,140 2,830 7,260 3.4 9.3
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services 10,970 11,830 12,650 820 1,680 6.9 15.3
Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services 8,400 8,950 9,390 440 990 4.9 11.8
Occupations in sales and services 9,790 10,430 10,540 110 750 1.1 7.7
Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations 22,830 23,960 25,030 1,070 2,200 4.5 9.6
Sales and service support occupations 25,880 27,160 27,530 370 1,650 1.4 6.4
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 153,880 170,080 173,430 3,350 19,550 2.0 12.7
Middle management occupations in trades and transportation 4,930 5,470 5,660 190 730 3.5 14.8
Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers 56,410 62,030 63,660 1,630 7,250 2.6 12.9
General trades 45,360 49,810 50,800 990 5,440 2.0 12.0
Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers 5,120 5,800 5,750 -50 630 -0.9 12.3
Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers 42,060 46,970 47,550 580 5,490 1.2 13.1
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 28,300 31,060 30,810 -250 2,510 -0.8 8.9
Middle management occupations in production and agriculture 1,120 1,090 1,130 40 10 3.7 0.9
Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production 2,260 2,460 2,570 110 310 4.5 13.7
Occupations in natural resources and related production 4,820 4,980 5,030 50 210 1.0 4.4
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production 5,720 5,720 5,940 220 220 3.8 3.8
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers 14,370 16,810 16,150 -660 1,780 -3.9 12.4
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 39,580 38,620 41,730 3,110 2,150 8.1 5.4
Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities 1,110 1,220 1,380 160 270 13.1 24.3
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers 2,180 2,170 2,290 120 110 5.5 5.0
Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors 520 640 670 30 150 4.7 28.8
Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing 19,540 18,980 20,880 1,900 1,340 10.0 6.9
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 16,230 15,620 16,510 890 280 5.7 1.7
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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