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Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada, seasonally adjusted

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Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada, seasonally adjusted
  June 2009 July 2009 S.E. 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                     in thousands      
Class of worker  
Employees 14,132.8 14,053.5 33.4 -79.3 -399.1 -404.6 -0.6 -2.8 -2.8
Self-employed 2 2,692.0 2,726.8 22.7 34.8 68.4 102.5 1.3 2.6 3.9
Public/private sector employees  
Public sector employees 3,412.5 3,408.1 21.8 -4.4 -38.6 -25.6 -0.1 -1.1 -0.7
Private sector employees 10,720.3 10,645.4 34.0 -74.9 -360.5 -379.0 -0.7 -3.3 -3.4
Industry 16,824.8 16,780.3 28.1 -44.5 -330.7 -302.1 -0.3 -1.9 -1.8
Goods-producing sector 3,705.0 3,675.2 24.0 -29.8 -301.9 -342.2 -0.8 -7.6 -8.5
Agriculture 326.8 323.7 7.1 -3.1 7.5 -8.7 -0.9 2.4 -2.6
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 315.1 316.0 6.8 0.9 -27.9 -25.1 0.3 -8.1 -7.4
Utilities 152.5 149.3 4.8 -3.2 0.3 -7.0 -2.1 0.2 -4.5
Construction 1,147.9 1,130.1 15.2 -17.8 -87.4 -103.3 -1.6 -7.2 -8.4
Manufacturing 1,762.7 1,756.2 17.8 -6.5 -194.3 -197.9 -0.4 -10.0 -10.1
Services-producing sector 13,119.8 13,105.1 31.6 -14.7 -28.8 40.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.3
Trade 2,616.2 2,639.7 20.9 23.5 -22.0 -34.2 0.9 -0.8 -1.3
Transportation and warehousing 818.6 810.7 12.5 -7.9 -59.0 -46.3 -1.0 -6.8 -5.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,084.7 1,092.8 14.2 8.1 9.1 21.4 0.7 0.8 2.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,196.4 1,202.5 15.4 6.1 -4.6 1.1 0.5 -0.4 0.1
Business, building and other support services 673.3 682.6 12.8 9.3 12.5 17.9 1.4 1.9 2.7
Educational services 1,197.5 1,187.2 14.2 -10.3 2.7 26.4 -0.9 0.2 2.3
Health care and social assistance 1,944.4 1,937.4 16.0 -7.0 -2.1 30.7 -0.4 -0.1 1.6
Information, culture and recreation 796.8 786.2 12.8 -10.6 23.6 25.3 -1.3 3.1 3.3
Accommodation and food services 1,064.8 1,042.6 15.4 -22.2 -20.8 -48.7 -2.1 -2.0 -4.5
Other services 799.1 791.1 12.0 -8.0 34.2 45.0 -1.0 4.5 6.0
Public administration 927.9 932.4 11.5 4.5 -2.3 1.5 0.5 -0.2 0.2
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
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.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0088, 282-0089.