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Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada, seasonally adjusted
Table summary
This table displays the results of Employment by class of worker and industry January 2018, February 2018, S.E., Change from, Percent change from, last month, last December and twelve months ago, calculated using in thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	January 2018	February 2018	S.E.^{Table 2 Note 1}	last month	last December	twelve months ago	last month	last December	twelve months ago
	January 2018	February 2018	S.E.^{Table 2 Note 1}	Change from			Percent change from
	in thousands						percent
Class of worker
Employees	15,668.0	15,726.8	35.7	58.8	-53.2	190.9	0.4	-0.3	1.2
Self-employed^{Table 2 Note 2}	2,889.0	2,845.7	25.3	-43.3	-19.4	91.6	-1.5	-0.7	3.3
Public/private sector employees
Public sector employees	3,717.8	3,768.1	20.4	50.3	9.1	92.4	1.4	0.2	2.5
Private sector employees	11,950.3	11,958.7	36.2	8.4	-62.3	98.6	0.1	-0.5	0.8
Industry	18,557.1	18,572.5	29.5	15.4	-72.6	282.5	0.1	-0.4	1.5
Goods-producing sector	3,943.1	3,932.7	16.5	-10.4	-26.6	114.6	-0.3	-0.7	3.0
Agriculture	276.5	272.2	5.4	-4.3	-3.7	-10.1	-1.6	-1.3	-3.6
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction^{Table 2 Note 3}	331.0	338.6	5.0	7.6	1.7	11.0	2.3	0.5	3.4
Utilities	131.6	134.3	2.3	2.7	6.0	-2.6	2.1	4.7	-1.9
Construction	1,433.9	1,433.9	11.1	0.0	-14.9	45.3	0.0	-1.0	3.3
Manufacturing	1,770.2	1,753.7	10.9	-16.5	-15.7	71.1	-0.9	-0.9	4.2
Services-producing sector	14,613.9	14,639.8	28.1	25.9	-46.0	167.9	0.2	-0.3	1.2
Wholesale and retail trade	2,839.9	2,817.9	15.1	-22.0	-22.8	35.8	-0.8	-0.8	1.3
Transportation and warehousing	964.9	977.5	8.4	12.6	6.7	47.8	1.3	0.7	5.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing	1,177.6	1,166.0	8.9	-11.6	-29.6	0.0	-1.0	-2.5	0.0
Professional, scientific and technical services	1,446.8	1,434.9	11.1	-11.9	-28.6	22.8	-0.8	-2.0	1.6
Business, building and other support services	767.1	766.3	10.2	-0.8	10.2	2.4	-0.1	1.3	0.3
Educational services	1,287.6	1,299.8	10.6	12.2	-7.4	15.5	0.9	-0.6	1.2
Health care and social assistance	2,370.3	2,394.8	10.9	24.5	13.3	22.4	1.0	0.6	0.9
Information, culture and recreation	800.3	790.7	10.5	-9.6	-5.7	7.3	-1.2	-0.7	0.9
Accommodation and food services	1,215.4	1,222.3	11.7	6.9	-4.4	8.7	0.6	-0.4	0.7
Other services (except public administration)	795.0	811.6	8.4	16.6	17.8	19.4	2.1	2.2	2.4
Public administration	949.0	958.0	7.1	9.0	4.6	-14.1	0.9	0.5	-1.5
Note 1 Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in the Data Quality section for further explanations). Return to note 1 referrer Note 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. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Also referred to as "Natural resources". Return to note 3 referrer Note: Related CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089. The sum of individual categories may not always add to the total due to rounding.

Date modified:: 2018-03-09