Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| June 2025 |
July 2025 |
Standard error1 | June to July 2025 | July 2024 to July 2025 | June to July 2025 | July 2024 to July 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,329.3 | 18,294.3 | 35.7 | -35.0 | 246.2 | -0.2 | 1.4 |
| Public sector employees | 4,551.7 | 4,555.7 | 19.5 | 4.0 | 65.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Private sector employees | 13,777.5 | 13,738.5 | 34.7 | -39.0 | 181.0 | -0.3 | 1.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,732.0 | 2,726.2 | 22.6 | -5.8 | 61.4 | -0.2 | 2.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 21,061.2 | 21,020.4 | 31.6 | -40.8 | 307.5 | -0.2 | 1.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,194.6 | 4,165.6 | 19.5 | -29.0 | -32.4 | -0.7 | -0.8 |
| Agriculture | 223.7 | 212.9 | 5.2 | -10.8 | -25.8 | -4.8 | -10.8 |
| Natural resources2 | 337.2 | 335.8 | 6.0 | -1.4 | -28.3 | -0.4 | -7.8 |
| Utilities | 159.3 | 158.8 | 3.5 | -0.5 | 6.0 | -0.3 | 3.9 |
| Construction | 1,640.8 | 1,619.2 | 13.3 | -21.6 | 25.0 | -1.3 | 1.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,833.6 | 1,838.9 | 12.7 | 5.3 | -9.4 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,866.7 | 16,854.8 | 31.4 | -11.9 | 340.0 | -0.1 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,018.5 | 3,016.0 | 16.6 | -2.5 | 125.4 | -0.1 | 4.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,068.3 | 1,094.4 | 10.5 | 26.1 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,506.5 | 1,500.5 | 10.8 | -6.0 | 71.6 | -0.4 | 5.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,023.7 | 2,027.0 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 45.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 691.8 | 672.6 | 10.4 | -19.2 | -32.9 | -2.8 | -4.7 |
| Educational services | 1,609.2 | 1,631.6 | 12.2 | 22.4 | 75.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,897.4 | 2,880.9 | 13.9 | -16.5 | 54.3 | -0.6 | 1.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 873.1 | 843.9 | 12.1 | -29.2 | 5.1 | -3.3 | 0.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,161.5 | 1,167.9 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 22.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 769.0 | 775.6 | 9.6 | 6.6 | -39.4 | 0.9 | -4.8 |
| Public administration | 1,247.7 | 1,244.4 | 9.0 | -3.3 | 6.4 | -0.3 | 0.5 |
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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