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Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada,
seasonally adjusted
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| April 2010 | May 2010 | 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 | 14,374.8 | 14,427.6 | 33.7 | 52.8 | 286.5 | 277.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Self-employed 2 | 2,697.1 | 2,669.1 | 23.6 | -28.0 | -71.2 | 7.0 | -1.0 | -2.6 | 0.3 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||||
| Public sector employees | 3,473.7 | 3,483.1 | 22.2 | 9.4 | 46.0 | 69.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Private sector employees | 10,901.1 | 10,944.5 | 34.6 | 43.4 | 240.5 | 207.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Industry | 17,071.9 | 17,096.6 | 28.2 | 24.7 | 215.2 | 284.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,753.2 | 3,745.5 | 24.3 | -7.7 | 28.9 | 43.3 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Agriculture | 296.7 | 305.6 | 7.0 | 8.9 | -9.7 | -18.0 | 3.0 | -3.1 | -5.6 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas | 337.9 | 327.2 | 6.6 | -10.7 | 21.5 | 11.0 | -3.2 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
| Utilities | 151.2 | 150.2 | 4.7 | -1.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 | -0.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Construction | 1,220.3 | 1,212.7 | 15.2 | -7.6 | 26.3 | 76.9 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 6.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,747.1 | 1,749.8 | 17.9 | 2.7 | -12.8 | -28.9 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 13,318.7 | 13,351.1 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 186.3 | 240.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Trade | 2,689.2 | 2,694.8 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 40.8 | 61.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 777.5 | 803.6 | 12.3 | 26.1 | 14.2 | -22.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | -2.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,108.6 | 1,120.8 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 57.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,268.6 | 1,274.4 | 15.7 | 5.8 | 32.5 | 84.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Business, building and other support services | 673.9 | 682.3 | 12.8 | 8.4 | 66.2 | -5.6 | 1.2 | 10.7 | -0.8 |
| Educational services | 1,229.9 | 1,233.2 | 14.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 48.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,011.6 | 2,029.4 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 35.4 | 82.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 785.0 | 759.7 | 13.0 | -25.3 | -15.6 | -14.7 | -3.2 | -2.0 | -1.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,078.8 | 1,056.7 | 15.1 | -22.1 | 1.6 | -6.3 | -2.0 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Other services | 760.0 | 748.0 | 12.6 | -12.0 | -36.3 | -60.3 | -1.6 | -4.6 | -7.5 |
| Public administration | 935.6 | 948.3 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 34.9 | 15.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
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.
