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
Table summary
This table displays employment by class of worker and industry for Canada. The data in this table is seasonally adjusted. The row headers provide information on the class of worker and the industry. The column headers provide information on the current and last month (in thousands), the standard error, as well as the change (in thousands and in percent) from last month, from last December and from twelve months ago.
  December 2015 January  2016 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 15,194.0 15,208.5 36.5 14.5 14.5 89.4 0.1 0.1 0.6
Self-employed 2 2,816.9 2,796.7 26.2 -20.2 -20.2 36.2 -0.7 -0.7 1.3
Public/private sector employees  
Public sector employees 3,602.3 3,621.0 21.1 18.7 18.7 59.4 0.5 0.5 1.7
Private sector employees 11,591.6 11,587.5 36.6 -4.1 -4.1 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Industry 18,010.9 18,005.2 29.5 -5.7 -5.7 125.5 0.0 0.0 0.7
Goods-producing sector 3,886.6 3,861.3 17.0 -25.3 -25.3 -43.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.1
Agriculture 297.4 283.7 5.6 -13.7 -13.7 -18.7 -4.6 -4.6 -6.2
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction 3 351.9 353.3 5.5 1.4 1.4 -13.3 0.4 0.4 -3.6
Utilities 132.3 135.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 -4.3 2.5 2.5 -3.1
Construction 1,369.4 1,364.0 11.6 -5.4 -5.4 -24.7 -0.4 -0.4 -1.8
Manufacturing 1,735.6 1,724.6 10.8 -11.0 -11.0 17.1 -0.6 -0.6 1.0
Services-producing sector 14,124.2 14,143.9 28.0 19.7 19.7 169.2 0.1 0.1 1.2
Wholesale and retail trade 2,723.6 2,732.0 14.7 8.4 8.4 17.6 0.3 0.3 0.6
Transportation and warehousing 909.5 899.1 8.4 -10.4 -10.4 -1.7 -1.1 -1.1 -0.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 1,110.3 1,110.7 8.8 0.4 0.4 18.1 0.0 0.0 1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,397.2 1,388.1 10.9 -9.1 -9.1 38.5 -0.7 -0.7 2.9
Business, building and other support services 760.3 760.3 10.4 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
Educational services 1,271.5 1,274.7 10.4 3.2 3.2 7.6 0.3 0.3 0.6
Health care and social assistance 2,331.1 2,342.4 11.5 11.3 11.3 90.0 0.5 0.5 4.0
Information, culture and recreation 751.3 767.1 10.0 15.8 15.8 8.7 2.1 2.1 1.1
Accommodation and food services 1,188.1 1,185.6 11.9 -2.5 -2.5 -33.1 -0.2 -0.2 -2.7
Other services (except public administration) 761.8 771.4 8.1 9.6 9.6 4.2 1.3 1.3 0.5
Public administration 919.6 912.4 7.1 -7.2 -7.2 12.2 -0.8 -0.8 1.4
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.
3.
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0088, 282-0089. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.
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