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Public sector employment
	Federal general government	Provincial and territorial government			Local government		Government business enterprises	Total public sector
		General government	Universities and colleges	Health and social service institutions	General government	School boards
	thousands
1991	415	379	277	746	363	526	351	3,057
1992	411	378	282	749	371	534	338	3,063
1993	405	371	282	744	369	541	326	3,037
1994	394	360	276	739	366	543	324	3,003
1995	371	358	275	737	366	541	309	2,958
1996	356	335	273	708	359	548	273	2,851
1997	338	339	271	692	350	541	258	2,789
1998	331	334	270	695	341	546	261	2,779
1999	328	337	269	690	342	543	263	2,772
2000	335	339	273	691	341	541	265	2,786
2001	351	341	297	698	355	588	269	2,899
2002	359	333	310	724	359	604	270	2,960
2003	366	346	321	752	368	604	275	3,032
2004	367	344	326	753	369	613	283	3,054
2005	370	349	335	767	378	622	282	3,101
2006	387	352	340	780	386	636	284	3,165
2007	388	358	349	801	395	647	289	3,226

Public sector employment

Fourth quarter 2006

First quarter 2007

Fourth quarter 2007

First quarter 2008

thousands

Public sector

3,236

3,221

3,316

3,299

Government

2,952

2,939

3,027

3,007

General government

1,115

1,105

1,142

1,135

Federal

381

382

391

393

Provincial and territorial

349

344

355

353

Local

386

378

395

389

Educational institutions

1,053

1,050

1,078

1,069

Universities and colleges¹

361

357

375

366

School boards

691

693

703

Health and social services institutions

784

783

806

804

Government business enterprises

284

282

290

292

1.	Includes vocational and trade institutions.
Note:	Numbers may not add up due to rounding.