Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| August 2025 |
September 2025 |
Standard error1 | August to September 2025 | September 2024 to September 2025 | August to September 2025 | September 2024 to September 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,271.2 | 18,323.8 | 35.7 | 52.6 | 228.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Public sector employees | 4,540.2 | 4,570.9 | 19.5 | 30.7 | 105.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Private sector employees | 13,731.0 | 13,752.9 | 34.7 | 21.9 | 122.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Self-employed | 2,683.6 | 2,691.5 | 22.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,954.9 | 21,015.3 | 31.6 | 60.4 | 236.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,167.3 | 4,209.3 | 19.5 | 42.0 | 10.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Agriculture | 217.7 | 230.9 | 5.2 | 13.2 | -2.4 | 6.1 | -1.0 |
| Natural resources2 | 330.2 | 337.3 | 6.0 | 7.1 | -18.2 | 2.2 | -5.1 |
| Utilities | 163.5 | 165.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 15.6 | 1.2 | 10.4 |
| Construction | 1,636.3 | 1,628.1 | 13.3 | -8.2 | 18.9 | -0.5 | 1.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,819.7 | 1,847.5 | 12.7 | 27.8 | -3.0 | 1.5 | -0.2 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,787.6 | 16,806.0 | 31.4 | 18.4 | 225.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,014.2 | 2,993.4 | 16.6 | -20.8 | 60.7 | -0.7 | 2.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,071.7 | 1,064.3 | 10.5 | -7.4 | -23.0 | -0.7 | -2.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,497.7 | 1,506.2 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 71.3 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,000.9 | 2,010.3 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 23.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 675.5 | 674.9 | 10.4 | -0.6 | -24.7 | -0.1 | -3.5 |
| Educational services | 1,613.2 | 1,611.1 | 12.2 | -2.1 | 43.0 | -0.1 | 2.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,884.2 | 2,898.1 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 52.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 838.7 | 832.9 | 12.1 | -5.8 | -27.3 | -0.7 | -3.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,177.1 | 1,184.6 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 47.0 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 769.5 | 781.6 | 9.6 | 12.1 | -12.0 | 1.6 | -1.5 |
| Public administration | 1,245.1 | 1,248.5 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
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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