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
  October 2024 September 2025p October 2025p September to October 2025 October 2024 to October 2025 September to October 2025 October 2024 to October 2025
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 489,080 547,270 553,460 6,190 64,380 1.1 13.2
Legislative and senior management occupations 3,310 4,190 4,250 60 940 1.4 28.4
Legislative and senior managers 3,310 4,190 4,250 60 940 1.4 28.4
Business, finance and administration occupations 60,230 74,050 74,410 360 14,180 0.5 23.5
Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting) 7,510 10,120 10,200 80 2,690 0.8 35.8
Professional occupations in finance and business 9,400 11,910 11,980 70 2,580 0.6 27.4
Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations 8,290 10,580 10,610 30 2,320 0.3 28.0
Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations 18,160 21,780 21,920 140 3,760 0.6 20.7
Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations 16,870 19,670 19,700 30 2,830 0.2 16.8
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 35,370 42,890 43,570 680 8,200 1.6 23.2
Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems 1,820 2,650 2,690 40 870 1.5 47.8
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 14,570 18,610 18,800 190 4,230 1.0 29.0
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 18,990 21,620 22,080 460 3,090 2.1 16.3
Health occupations 7,540 8,290 8,370 80 830 1.0 11.0
Specialized middle management occupations in health care 190 250 260 10 70 4.0 36.8
Professional occupations in health 1,410 1,700 1,730 30 320 1.8 22.7
Technical occupations in health 1,700 1,920 1,980 60 280 3.1 16.5
Assisting occupations in support of health services 4,240 4,430 4,390 -40 150 -0.9 3.5
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 50,250 60,900 61,360 460 11,110 0.8 22.1
Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services x x 2,020 x x x x
Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services 17,970 22,560 22,540 -20 4,570 -0.1 25.4
Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services 11,450 14,100 14,040 -60 2,590 -0.4 22.6
Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection 13,220 15,900 16,580 680 3,360 4.3 25.4
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 12,570 13,470 13,320 -150 750 -1.1 6.0
Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport x 580 590 10 x 1.7 x
Professional occupations in art and culture 2,240 2,740 2,770 30 530 1.1 23.7
Technical occupations in art, culture and sport 5,970 6,170 6,020 -150 50 -2.4 0.8
Occupations in art, culture and sport 3,130 3,220 3,160 -60 30 -1.9 1.0
Support occupations in sport 630 750 750 0 120 0.0 19.0
Support occupations in art and culture x 20 20 0 x 0.0 x
Sales and service occupations 81,090 94,000 95,440 1,440 14,350 1.5 17.7
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services 11,550 14,100 14,410 310 2,860 2.2 24.8
Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services 9,020 10,140 10,330 190 1,310 1.9 14.5
Occupations in sales and services 10,220 11,000 11,320 320 1,100 2.9 10.8
Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations 23,630 29,800 29,870 70 6,240 0.2 26.4
Sales and service support occupations 26,670 28,960 29,500 540 2,830 1.9 10.6
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 168,430 174,270 176,530 2,260 8,100 1.3 4.8
Middle management occupations in trades and transportation 5,140 6,150 6,360 210 1,220 3.4 23.7
Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers 62,100 64,190 65,540 1,350 3,440 2.1 5.5
General trades 48,050 48,710 49,130 420 1,080 0.9 2.2
Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers 5,640 6,070 6,040 -30 400 -0.5 7.1
Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers 47,500 49,150 49,460 310 1,960 0.6 4.1
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 30,150 30,980 32,220 1,240 2,070 4.0 6.9
Middle management occupations in production and agriculture 1,040 1,060 1,070 10 30 0.9 2.9
Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production 2,500 2,730 2,730 0 230 0.0 9.2
Occupations in natural resources and related production 4,980 4,820 4,930 110 -50 2.3 -1.0
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production 5,550 5,670 5,740 70 190 1.2 3.4
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers 16,080 16,710 17,750 1,040 1,670 6.2 10.4
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 38,430 39,760 39,250 -510 820 -1.3 2.1
Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities 1,160 1,450 1,470 20 310 1.4 26.7
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers 2,150 2,330 2,340 10 190 0.4 8.8
Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors 580 720 740 20 160 2.8 27.6
Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing 18,710 18,940 18,460 -480 -250 -2.5 -1.3
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 15,840 16,320 16,250 -70 410 -0.4 2.6
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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