Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| May 2025 |
June 2025 |
Standard error1 | May to June 2025 | June 2024 to June 2025 | May to June 2025 | June 2024 to June 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,259.2 | 18,329.3 | 36.1 | 70.1 | 286.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Public sector employees | 4,528.3 | 4,551.7 | 19.6 | 23.4 | 109.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Private sector employees | 13,730.9 | 13,777.5 | 35.5 | 46.6 | 177.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,718.9 | 2,732.0 | 22.9 | 13.1 | 58.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,978.1 | 21,061.2 | 32.0 | 83.1 | 345.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,184.5 | 4,194.6 | 19.2 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 229.7 | 223.7 | 5.1 | -6.0 | -12.5 | -2.6 | -5.3 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.6 | 337.2 | 5.9 | -0.4 | -22.0 | -0.1 | -6.1 |
| Utilities | 161.0 | 159.3 | 3.8 | -1.7 | 11.1 | -1.1 | 7.5 |
| Construction | 1,633.2 | 1,640.8 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 55.6 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Manufacturing | 1,823.1 | 1,833.6 | 12.9 | 10.5 | -26.2 | 0.6 | -1.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,793.6 | 16,866.7 | 31.5 | 73.1 | 339.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,984.9 | 3,018.5 | 16.8 | 33.6 | 83.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,071.7 | 1,068.3 | 10.3 | -3.4 | -8.4 | -0.3 | -0.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,501.7 | 1,506.5 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 72.1 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,011.8 | 2,023.7 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 62.9 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 690.6 | 691.8 | 10.7 | 1.2 | -18.2 | 0.2 | -2.6 |
| Educational services | 1,607.2 | 1,609.2 | 12.2 | 2.0 | 51.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,880.7 | 2,897.4 | 13.7 | 16.7 | 77.6 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 867.3 | 873.1 | 11.9 | 5.8 | 41.2 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,153.4 | 1,161.5 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 777.5 | 769.0 | 9.6 | -8.5 | -51.3 | -1.1 | -6.3 |
| Public administration | 1,246.9 | 1,247.7 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 26.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
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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