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Table 2. Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada (in thousands), seasonally adjusted

    Change from % change from
February
2005
March
2005
S.E.¹

last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
last
month
last
December
twelve
months
ago
Class of worker                  
      Employees
13,589.1 13,579.3 30.7 -9.8 -30.4 152.3 -0.1 -0.2 1.1
      Self-employed²
2,494.9 2,509.0 18.7 14.1 55.6 96.9 0.6 2.3 4.0
Public/private sector employees                  
      Public sector employees
3,089.2 3,106.3 18.0 17.1 7.6 85.2 0.6 0.2 2.8
      Private sector employees
10,499.9 10,473.0 31.1 -26.9 -38.0 67.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.6
Industry 16,084.0 16,088.4 28.9 4.4 25.3 249.3 0.0 0.2 1.6
Goods-producing sector 4,006.7 4,017.5 22.7 10.8 -6.4 49.2 0.3 -0.2 1.2
Agriculture 324.8 333.0 6.3 8.2 11.3 1.8 2.5 3.5 0.5
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 300.6 298.3 5.5 -2.3 -2.9 18.5 -0.8 -1.0 6.6
Utilities 119.7 125.6 3.8 5.9 1.0 -8.0 4.9 0.8 -6.0
Construction 994.3 993.2 13.2 -1.1 -1.8 72.1 -0.1 -0.2 7.8
Manufacturing 2,267.3 2,267.5 18.1 0.2 -14.0 -35.1 0.0 -0.6 -1.5
Services-producing sector 12,077.2 12,070.9 30.4 -6.3 31.7 200.0 -0.1 0.3 1.7
Trade 2,548.5 2,556.2 18.9 7.7 32.0 58.7 0.3 1.3 2.4
Transportation and warehousing 798.0 783.6 11.0 -14.4 -3.0 -33.2 -1.8 -0.4 -4.1
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 989.2 1,000.7 12.1 11.5 16.3 68.2 1.2 1.7 7.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,032.9 1,018.2 12.7 -14.7 -11.6 15.6 -1.4 -1.1 1.6
Business, building and other support services 635.8 634.0 11.7 -1.8 1.2 19.6 -0.3 0.2 3.2
Educational services 1,068.3 1,075.9 12.0 7.6 19.2 41.7 0.7 1.8 4.0
Health care and social assistance 1,732.0 1,737.1 13.8 5.1 0.7 4.9 0.3 0.0 0.3
Information, culture and recreation 736.0 744.5 12.0 8.5 11.2 22.8 1.2 1.5 3.2
Accommodation and food services 1,005.8 987.5 13.2 -18.3 -29.2 -19.4 -1.8 -2.9 -1.9
Other services 707.6 699.0 11.1 -8.6 -3.0 7.0 -1.2 -0.4 1.0
Public administration 823.2 834.1 9.5 10.9 -2.1 14.0 1.3 -0.3 1.7

1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
2 Includes both incorporated and unincorporated working owners, self-employed persons who do not have a business and persons working in a family business without pay.

Related CANSIM tables 282-0088, 282-0089