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Table 4 
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted

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Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits by occupation, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  October
2012		 September
2013p		 October
2013p		 September to October 2013 October 2012 to October 2013 September to October 2013 October 2012 to October 2013
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 557,590 506,220 510,520 4,300 -47,070 0.8 -8.4
Management occupations 32,830 31,030 31,830 800 -1,000 2.6 -3.0
Senior management occupations 2,760 2,590 2,740 150 -20 5.8 -0.7
Other management occupations 30,060 28,440 29,090 650 -970 2.3 -3.2
Business, finance and administrative occupations 72,400 64,680 65,030 350 -7,370 0.5 -10.2
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,290 5,060 5,120 60 -170 1.2 -3.2
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 18,850 17,240 17,250 10 -1,600 0.1 -8.5
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 48,260 42,380 42,660 280 -5,600 0.7 -11.6
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 26,530 26,850 26,940 90 410 0.3 1.5
Health occupations 8,890 7,370 7,440 70 -1,450 0.9 -16.3
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,420 1,210 1,210 0 -210 0.0 -14.8
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 7,460 6,160 6,230 70 -1,230 1.1 -16.5
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 32,330 27,940 27,970 30 -4,360 0.1 -13.5
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 16,210 14,520 14,420 -100 -1,790 -0.7 -11.0
Teachers and professors 16,120 13,420 13,540 120 -2,580 0.9 -16.0
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 10,790 10,060 10,150 90 -640 0.9 -5.9
Sales and service occupations 105,490 92,690 93,020 330 -12,470 0.4 -11.8
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,560 5,200 5,220 20 -340 0.4 -6.1
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 19,770 17,520 17,680 160 -2,090 0.9 -10.6
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 20,440 16,440 16,800 360 -3,640 2.2 -17.8
Occupations in protective services 5,810 5,320 5,320 0 -490 0.0 -8.4
Childcare and home support workers 17,590 15,280 15,340 60 -2,250 0.4 -12.8
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 36,320 32,930 32,670 -260 -3,650 -0.8 -10.0
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 172,530 158,880 160,770 1,890 -11,760 1.2 -6.8
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,130 5,920 5,970 50 -160 0.8 -2.6
Construction trades 35,030 31,780 32,660 880 -2,370 2.8 -6.8
Other trades occupations 40,000 39,140 39,690 550 -310 1.4 -0.8
Transport and equipment operators 41,210 37,010 37,230 220 -3,980 0.6 -9.7
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 50,160 45,020 45,230 210 -4,930 0.5 -9.8
Occupations unique to primary industry 40,630 36,830 37,310 480 -3,320 1.3 -8.2
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 55,030 49,710 49,880 170 -5,150 0.3 -9.4
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 27,010 25,010 24,980 -30 -2,030 -0.1 -7.5
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 28,020 24,700 24,900 200 -3,120 0.8 -11.1
p
preliminary
Note(s): 
Related CANSIM table: 276-0041.

Table note 1

Includes people who receive regular income benefits whether or not they participate in one of three employment benefit programs, namely the Skills Development Program, Job Creation Partnerships Program and Self-employment Program.

Table note 2

2006 National Occupational Classification – Statistics.
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