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Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Table 2
Average monthly coefficients of variation for the average weekly hours of employees paid by the hour by sector using the American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), province and territory, 2017

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Table 2
Average monthly coefficients of variation for the average weekly hours of employees paid by the hour by sector using the American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), province and territory, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly coefficients of variation for the average weekly hours of employees paid by the hour by sector using the American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), province and territory, 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Newfoundland and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	Quebec	Ontario	Manitoba
		percent
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses^{Table 2 Note 1}^{Table 2 Note 2}	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.8
Forestry, logging and support	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	5.1	5.3	4.0	4.6	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	2.0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.1	3.9	3.0	3.0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Utilities	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.3	3.4	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Construction	2.4	3.1	2.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	2.1
Manufacturing	4.2	3.1	2.1	1.8	0.9	1.0	1.0
Wholesale trade	3.5	5.6	3.5	3.5	1.7	1.9	2.3
Retail trade	2.1	2.3	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.4	1.8
Transportation and warehousing	2.5	4.0	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.0	2.0
Information and cultural industries	4.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.4	6.3	4.8	5.3	3.5
Finance and insurance	9.9	9.4	5.3	5.8	3.8	4.6	12.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	7.7	9.4	8.4	8.2	5.1	3.7	8.4
Professional, scientific and technical services	3.7	6.7	3.2	4.2	3.0	2.9	3.2
Management of companies and enterprises	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	11.6	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.9	7.6	8.8
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	4.7	2.0	3.1	4.7	2.7	2.8	4.9
Educational services	17.0	12.5	12.0	13.6	12.4	11.8	11.6
Health care and social assistance	2.0	0.9	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.9	2.3
Arts, entertainment and recreation	9.0	5.4	5.3	5.2	3.9	4.8	4.8
Accommodation and food services	3.6	4.9	2.9	2.8	2.2	2.4	2.7
Other services (except public administration)	4.8	5.3	3.6	4.2	2.3	2.8	3.3
Public administration	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable

Table 2 (continued)
Average monthly coefficients of variation for the average weekly hours of employees paid by the hour by sector using the American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), province and territory, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly coefficients of variation for the average weekly hours of employees paid by the hour by sector using the American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), province and territory, 2017. Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Canada, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia	Yukon	Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Canada
		percent
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses^{Table 2 Note 1}^{Table 2 Note 2}	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.5	2.6	0.4
Forestry, logging and support	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.5	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	3.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	3.0	3.1	3.1	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	3.7	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.2
Utilities	2.9	3.8	2.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.9
Construction	2.0	1.8	1.9	5.1	2.8	4.5	1.2
Manufacturing	1.7	1.5	1.3	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	0.7
Wholesale trade	3.1	2.5	2.7	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.3
Retail trade	1.9	1.4	1.6	2.3	5.7	5.1	0.9
Transportation and warehousing	3.4	2.4	1.7	2.5	4.2	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.5
Information and cultural industries	26.0	4.8	4.6	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.3
Finance and insurance	30.9	8.7	4.5	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	3.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	8.6	5.8	7.6	41.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.2	2.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	4.8	3.3	3.0	7.6	3.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.9
Management of companies and enterprises	7.8	11.8	4.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.8
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	5.5	3.2	2.7	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	8.8	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.8
Educational services	9.4	14.1	11.5	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	8.6	20.0	7.8
Health care and social assistance	1.8	1.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	4.0	1.0
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6	5.4	4.4	18.2	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	3.1
Accommodation and food services	3.3	2.2	2.1	5.2	5.5	7.8	1.3
Other services (except public administration)	3.2	3.0	2.8	4.9	8.5	10.9	1.6
Public administration	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable Note 1 Industrial aggregate covers all industrial sectors except those primarily involved in agriculture, fishing and trapping, private household services, religious organisations and the military personnel of the defence services. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Unclassified businesses are businesses for which the industrial classification (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 2017 Version 2.0) has yet to be determined. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH).

Date modified:: 2018-04-26