Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2025 |
January 2026 |
Standard error1 | December 2025 to January 2026 | January 2025 to January 2026 | December 2025 to January 2026 | January 2025 to January 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 18,464.4 | 18,425.7 | 35.9 | -38.7 | 177.3 | -0.2 | 1.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,583.7 | 4,597.0 | 19.7 | 13.3 | 74.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Private sector employees | 13,880.7 | 13,828.7 | 34.9 | -52.0 | 103.2 | -0.4 | 0.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,681.6 | 2,695.6 | 22.9 | 14.0 | -42.9 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Total employed, all industries | 21,146.0 | 21,121.2 | 31.8 | -24.8 | 134.3 | -0.1 | 0.6 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,228.2 | 4,224.4 | 19.3 | -3.8 | -28.5 | -0.1 | -0.7 |
| Agriculture | 231.9 | 242.4 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 1.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 343.6 | 343.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Utilities | 170.1 | 174.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| Construction | 1,631.0 | 1,639.9 | 13.2 | 8.9 | -7.3 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Manufacturing | 1,851.6 | 1,824.1 | 12.5 | -27.5 | -50.5 | -1.5 | -2.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,917.9 | 16,896.9 | 31.5 | -21.0 | 162.9 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,992.0 | 2,995.2 | 16.9 | 3.2 | 39.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,094.4 | 1,088.0 | 10.9 | -6.4 | -1.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,491.8 | 1,492.5 | 10.8 | 0.7 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,998.0 | 1,986.8 | 14.3 | -11.2 | -27.5 | -0.6 | -1.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 671.6 | 685.6 | 10.1 | 14.0 | -38.2 | 2.1 | -5.3 |
| Educational services | 1,610.4 | 1,586.2 | 12.5 | -24.2 | -10.8 | -1.5 | -0.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,957.9 | 2,966.3 | 14.2 | 8.4 | 92.3 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 865.2 | 882.3 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 30.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,185.5 | 1,178.0 | 12.4 | -7.5 | 2.2 | -0.6 | 0.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 796.1 | 791.0 | 9.7 | -5.1 | 21.0 | -0.6 | 2.7 |
| Public administration | 1,255.0 | 1,245.0 | 9.1 | -10.0 | 12.3 | -0.8 | 1.0 |
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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