Table 4 Self-employed individuals across job characteristics

  October 2008 October 2009 Change
%
Industry 100.0 100.0 115,100
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 8.8 8.3 -4,400
Mining, quarrying, oil and gas, construction 14.2 13.7 3,400
Manufacturing 3.9 3.5 -8,300
Wholesale trade 7.0 7.9** 33,000*
Retail trade 4.4 4.1 -4,100
Transportation and warehousing 5.4 5.5 10,300
Information, cultural, arts and recreation 4.8 4.9 10,200
Finance and real estate 6.5 8.1* 50,200*
Professional, scientific, technical 15.3 15.1 11,600
Management and support 6.4 6.1 -700
Accommodation and food 3.5 3.6 7,600
Other services 8.7 8.9 15,700
Health care and social assistance 8.8 8.3 -5,400
Education and public administration 2.2 2.0 -4,000
Full- and part-time status
Full-time 78.8 77.9 64,200
Part-time for economic reasons and wanted full-time 4.8 5.4 22,800*
Part-time for non-economic reasons 16.4 16.7 28,100
* significantly different from October 2008 at the 0.05 level;
** at the 0.10 level
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, not seasonally adjusted.
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