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Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Table 1
Average monthly sample size by sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0), province and territory, 2018

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Table 1
Average monthly sample size by sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0), province and territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly sample size by sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0) Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, calculated using number of establishments units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number of establishments
	Newfoundland and Labrador	Prince Edward Island	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	Quebec	Ontario	Manitoba
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses^{Table 1 Note 1}^{Table 1 Note 2}	940	506	1,209	1,093	1,946	2,425	1,228
Forestry, logging and support	10	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	19	25	25	13	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	19	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	22	11	17	25	8
Utilities	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	8	6	11	25	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Construction	106	51	113	119	138	163	111
Manufacturing	46	31	125	117	316	343	140
Wholesale trade	51	36	53	61	128	157	65
Retail trade	162	87	182	169	220	230	156
Transportation and warehousing	62	24	66	63	102	140	65
Information and cultural industries	14	5	41	24	59	84	39
Finance and insurance	26	28	33	31	68	98	47
Real estate and rental and leasing	20	15	50	36	66	101	56
Professional, scientific and technical services	75	51	63	53	183	214	71
Management of companies and enterprises	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	18	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	24	24	12
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	47	26	74	52	99	204	71
Educational services	17	7	26	19	63	107	40
Health care and social assistance	105	41	105	95	137	154	107
Arts, entertainment and recreation	23	18	35	26	50	57	29
Accommodation and food services	80	36	102	107	111	128	99
Other services (except public administration)	58	34	63	52	99	118	72
Local, municipal, regional and Aboriginal public administration	15	11	11	24	28	42	37

Table 1 (continued)
Average monthly sample size by sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0), province and territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly sample size by sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0) Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Canada, calculated using number of establishments units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number of establishments
	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia	Yukon	Northwest Territories	Nunavut	Canada
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses^{Table 1 Note 1}^{Table 1 Note 2}	1,202	1,797	2,013	228	238	111	14,935
Forestry, logging and support	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	8	28	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	130
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	31	78	25	14	8	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	256
Utilities	7	22	20	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	112
Construction	116	183	172	32	34	17	1,355
Manufacturing	104	173	226	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	1,625
Wholesale trade	77	92	113	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	9	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	847
Retail trade	170	227	218	42	34	17	1,913
Transportation and warehousing	58	107	149	13	19	7	875
Information and cultural industries	49	61	56	5	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	442
Finance and insurance	36	52	58	6	5	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	491
Real estate and rental and leasing	41	70	94	5	6	8	566
Professional, scientific and technical services	74	164	158	6	12	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	1,122
Management of companies and enterprises	11	26	24	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	152
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	51	111	163	10	14	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	923
Educational services	38	52	66	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	5	12	454
Health care and social assistance	107	95	131	24	21	14	1,135
Arts, entertainment and recreation	25	41	58	6	5	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	372
Accommodation and food services	102	116	141	25	22	11	1,080
Other services (except public administration)	62	94	75	21	15	6	768
Local, municipal, regional and Aboriginal public administration	42	26	40	10	23	10	318
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 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 3.0) has yet to be determined. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH).

Date modified:: 2019-12-19