Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS)Note 1 – Seasonally adjusted

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Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS) – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of employment by class of worker and industry (based on naics) – seasonally adjusted december 2011, january 2012, december 2011 to january 2012 and january 2011 to january 2012, calculated using thousands, change in thousands and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  December 2011 January 2012 December 2011 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012 December 2011 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2012
  thousands change in thousands % change
Class of worker            
Employees 14,679.8 14,719.0 39.2 131.7 0.3 0.9
Self-employed 2,674.9 2,637.9 -37.0 -2.8 -1.4 -0.1
Public/private sector employees            
Public 3,555.3 3,574.9 19.6 -9.2 0.6 -0.3
Private 11,124.5 11,144.2 19.7 141.0 0.2 1.3
All industries 17,354.7 17,357.0 2.3 129.1 0.0 0.7
Goods-producing sector 3,793.9 3,803.2 9.3 -7.7 0.2 -0.2
Agriculture 306.3 308.8 2.5 -2.4 0.8 -0.8
Natural resourcesNote 2 355.3 359.2 3.9 28.1 1.1 8.5
Utilities 133.8 140.2 6.4 -6.1 4.8 -4.2
Construction 1,264.9 1,251.2 -13.7 16.6 -1.1 1.3
Manufacturing 1,733.6 1,743.7 10.1 -43.9 0.6 -2.5
Services-producing sector 13,560.8 13,553.8 -7.0 136.8 -0.1 1.0
Trade 2,662.1 2,674.1 12.0 -4.2 0.5 -0.2
Transportation and warehousing 849.5 852.7 3.2 18.2 0.4 2.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,052.3 1,029.1 -23.2 -49.7 -2.2 -4.6
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,352.3 1,307.5 -44.8 22.9 -3.3 1.8
Business, building and other support services 661.0 667.8 6.8 -26.3 1.0 -3.8
Educational services 1,220.3 1,243.1 22.8 25.9 1.9 2.1
Health care and social assistance 2,111.8 2,102.3 -9.5 31.6 -0.4 1.5
Information, culture and recreation 772.6 791.4 18.8 9.3 2.4 1.2
Accommodation and food services 1,120.3 1,112.3 -8.0 81.7 -0.7 7.9
Other services 782.7 796.4 13.7 41.6 1.8 5.5
Public administration 975.9 977.1 1.2 -14.2 0.1 -1.4
Note 1.

North American Industry Classification System.

Note 2.

Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas.

Note(s): Related to CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089.