Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| July 2025 |
August 2025 |
Standard error1 | July to August 2025 | August 2024 to August 2025 | July to August 2025 | August 2024 to August 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,294.3 | 18,271.2 | 35.7 | -23.1 | 186.4 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,555.7 | 4,540.2 | 19.5 | -15.5 | 50.8 | -0.3 | 1.1 |
| Private sector employees | 13,738.5 | 13,731.0 | 34.7 | -7.5 | 135.5 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| Self-employed | 2,726.2 | 2,683.6 | 22.6 | -42.6 | 25.9 | -1.6 | 1.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 21,020.4 | 20,954.9 | 31.6 | -65.5 | 212.3 | -0.3 | 1.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,165.6 | 4,167.3 | 19.5 | 1.7 | -37.5 | 0.0 | -0.9 |
| Agriculture | 212.9 | 217.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | -20.7 | 2.3 | -8.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 335.8 | 330.2 | 6.0 | -5.6 | -30.2 | -1.7 | -8.4 |
| Utilities | 158.8 | 163.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 16.1 | 3.0 | 10.9 |
| Construction | 1,619.2 | 1,636.3 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 35.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,838.9 | 1,819.7 | 12.7 | -19.2 | -37.8 | -1.0 | -2.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,854.8 | 16,787.6 | 31.4 | -67.2 | 249.9 | -0.4 | 1.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,016.0 | 3,014.2 | 16.6 | -1.8 | 93.5 | -0.1 | 3.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,094.4 | 1,071.7 | 10.5 | -22.7 | -13.8 | -2.1 | -1.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,500.5 | 1,497.7 | 10.8 | -2.8 | 61.0 | -0.2 | 4.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,027.0 | 2,000.9 | 14.0 | -26.1 | 35.6 | -1.3 | 1.8 |
| Business, building and other support services | 672.6 | 675.5 | 10.4 | 2.9 | -22.9 | 0.4 | -3.3 |
| Educational services | 1,631.6 | 1,613.2 | 12.2 | -18.4 | 31.1 | -1.1 | 2.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,880.9 | 2,884.2 | 13.9 | 3.3 | 36.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 843.9 | 838.7 | 12.1 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,167.9 | 1,177.1 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 41.2 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 775.6 | 769.5 | 9.6 | -6.1 | -25.1 | -0.8 | -3.2 |
| Public administration | 1,244.4 | 1,245.1 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 13.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
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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