Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| November 2025 |
December 2025 |
Standard error1 | November to December 2025 | December 2024 to December 2025 | November to December 2025 | December 2024 to December 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,461.3 | 18,462.1 | 35.7 | 0.8 | 254.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Public sector employees | 4,583.0 | 4,584.3 | 19.5 | 1.3 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Private sector employees | 13,878.3 | 13,877.8 | 34.7 | -0.5 | 200.3 | -0.0 | 1.5 |
| Self-employed | 2,674.3 | 2,681.6 | 22.6 | 7.3 | -27.9 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 21,135.5 | 21,143.7 | 31.6 | 8.2 | 226.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,219.2 | 4,227.2 | 19.5 | 8.0 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Agriculture | 230.5 | 231.8 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 347.0 | 343.5 | 6.0 | -3.5 | 0.8 | -1.0 | 0.2 |
| Utilities | 175.3 | 170.0 | 3.5 | -5.3 | 10.9 | -3.0 | 6.9 |
| Construction | 1,619.5 | 1,630.7 | 13.3 | 11.2 | -1.2 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
| Manufacturing | 1,846.9 | 1,851.2 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,916.4 | 16,916.5 | 31.4 | 0.1 | 207.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3,000.0 | 2,994.4 | 16.6 | -5.6 | 49.5 | -0.2 | 1.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,097.6 | 1,094.2 | 10.5 | -3.4 | 15.5 | -0.3 | 1.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,501.6 | 1,491.4 | 10.8 | -10.2 | 42.5 | -0.7 | 2.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,015.7 | 1,997.6 | 14.0 | -18.1 | 0.3 | -0.9 | 0.0 |
| Business, building and other support services | 670.8 | 671.5 | 10.4 | 0.7 | -62.3 | 0.1 | -8.5 |
| Educational services | 1,598.9 | 1,609.4 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,936.4 | 2,957.2 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 84.9 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 869.2 | 865.0 | 12.1 | -4.2 | 9.9 | -0.5 | 1.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,197.5 | 1,185.2 | 12.3 | -12.3 | 24.2 | -1.0 | 2.1 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 780.7 | 796.0 | 9.6 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Public administration | 1,248.0 | 1,254.7 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 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."
- Date modified: