Table 4
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits,1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2025 | February 2026p | March 2026p | February to March 2026 | March 2025 to March 2026 | February to March 2026 | March 2025 to March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | number | change | change | % change | % change | |
| All occupations | 504,110 | 545,670 | 548,000 | 2,330 | 43,890 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| Legislative and senior management occupations | 3,440 | 4,600 | 4,640 | 40 | 1,200 | 0.9 | 34.9 |
| Legislative and senior managers | 3,440 | 4,600 | 4,640 | 40 | 1,200 | 0.9 | 34.9 |
| Business, finance and administration occupations | 62,950 | 72,860 | 71,890 | -970 | 8,940 | -1.3 | 14.2 |
| Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting) | 7,860 | 10,390 | 10,320 | -70 | 2,460 | -0.7 | 31.3 |
| Professional occupations in finance and business | 9,970 | 11,940 | 11,780 | -160 | 1,810 | -1.3 | 18.2 |
| Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations | 8,810 | 10,220 | 9,970 | -250 | 1,160 | -2.4 | 13.2 |
| Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations | 19,220 | 21,710 | 21,700 | -10 | 2,480 | -0.0 | 12.9 |
| Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations | 17,090 | 18,600 | 18,130 | -470 | 1,040 | -2.5 | 6.1 |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 38,340 | 43,690 | 43,240 | -450 | 4,900 | -1.0 | 12.8 |
| Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems | 1,910 | 2,880 | 2,920 | 40 | 1,010 | 1.4 | 52.9 |
| Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences | 15,540 | 19,070 | 18,980 | -90 | 3,440 | -0.5 | 22.1 |
| Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences | 20,890 | 21,740 | 21,350 | -390 | 460 | -1.8 | 2.2 |
| Health occupations | 7,650 | 8,440 | 8,530 | 90 | 880 | 1.1 | 11.5 |
| Specialized middle management occupations in health care | 210 | 310 | 300 | -10 | 90 | -3.2 | 42.9 |
| Professional occupations in health | 1,570 | 1,810 | 1,800 | -10 | 230 | -0.6 | 14.6 |
| Technical occupations in health | 1,700 | 1,910 | 2,000 | 90 | 300 | 4.7 | 17.6 |
| Assisting occupations in support of health services | 4,180 | 4,410 | 4,430 | 20 | 250 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services | 51,870 | 63,510 | 66,800 | 3,290 | 14,930 | 5.2 | 28.8 |
| Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services | x | 2,100 | 2,100 | 0 | x | 0.0 | x |
| Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services | 18,140 | 21,700 | 22,000 | 300 | 3,860 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services | 11,170 | 14,520 | 14,100 | -420 | 2,930 | -2.9 | 26.2 |
| Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection | 15,390 | 19,590 | 22,950 | 3,360 | 7,560 | 17.2 | 49.1 |
| 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 | 15,390 | 14,540 | 14,760 | 220 | -630 | 1.5 | -4.1 |
| Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 580 | 660 | 680 | 20 | 100 | 3.0 | 17.2 |
| Professional occupations in art and culture | 2,620 | 2,770 | 2,820 | 50 | 200 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
| Technical occupations in art, culture and sport | 7,310 | 6,770 | 6,820 | 50 | -490 | 0.7 | -6.7 |
| Occupations in art, culture and sport | 4,140 | 3,560 | 3,650 | 90 | -490 | 2.5 | -11.8 |
| Support occupations in sport | 720 | 780 | 780 | 0 | 60 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| Support occupations in art and culture | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | -10 | 0.0 | -50.0 |
| Sales and service occupations | 82,720 | 89,790 | 88,950 | -840 | 6,230 | -0.9 | 7.5 |
| Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services | 12,020 | 14,040 | 13,910 | -130 | 1,890 | -0.9 | 15.7 |
| Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services | 9,000 | 10,300 | 10,230 | -70 | 1,230 | -0.7 | 13.7 |
| Occupations in sales and services | 10,360 | 10,760 | 10,670 | -90 | 310 | -0.8 | 3.0 |
| Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations | 24,250 | 26,540 | 26,400 | -140 | 2,150 | -0.5 | 8.9 |
| Sales and service support occupations | 27,090 | 28,160 | 27,750 | -410 | 660 | -1.5 | 2.4 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 170,280 | 173,590 | 175,370 | 1,780 | 5,090 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Middle management occupations in trades and transportation | 5,500 | 6,870 | 6,660 | -210 | 1,160 | -3.1 | 21.1 |
| Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers | 62,330 | 62,620 | 66,840 | 4,220 | 4,510 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| General trades | 49,550 | 49,510 | 48,910 | -600 | -640 | -1.2 | -1.3 |
| Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers | 5,820 | 6,140 | 5,760 | -380 | -60 | -6.2 | -1.0 |
| Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers | 47,080 | 48,450 | 47,200 | -1,250 | 120 | -2.6 | 0.3 |
| Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations | 31,070 | 30,450 | 29,130 | -1,320 | -1,940 | -4.3 | -6.2 |
| Middle management occupations in production and agriculture | 1,080 | 1,120 | 1,080 | -40 | 0 | -3.6 | 0.0 |
| Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production | 2,460 | 2,670 | 2,620 | -50 | 160 | -1.9 | 6.5 |
| Occupations in natural resources and related production | 4,940 | 4,380 | 4,300 | -80 | -640 | -1.8 | -13.0 |
| Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production | 5,700 | 5,530 | 5,400 | -130 | -300 | -2.4 | -5.3 |
| Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers | 16,890 | 16,760 | 15,740 | -1,020 | -1,150 | -6.1 | -6.8 |
| Occupations in manufacturing and utilities | 38,340 | 39,970 | 38,880 | -1,090 | 540 | -2.7 | 1.4 |
| Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities | 1,260 | 1,620 | 1,600 | -20 | 340 | -1.2 | 27.0 |
| Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers | 2,190 | 2,570 | 2,510 | -60 | 320 | -2.3 | 14.6 |
| Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors | 640 | 690 | 690 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing | 18,600 | 18,470 | 18,010 | -460 | -590 | -2.5 | -3.2 |
| Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities | 15,640 | 16,620 | 16,080 | -540 | 440 | -3.2 | 2.8 |
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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