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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
  February
2013		 January
2014p		 February
2014p		 January to February 2014 February 2013 to February 2014 January to February 2014 February 2013 to February 2014
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 532,350 503,650 506,470 2,820 -25,880 0.6 -4.9
Management occupations 31,560 31,210 31,460 250 -100 0.8 -0.3
Senior management occupations 2,690 2,770 2,820 50 130 1.8 4.8
Other management occupations 28,870 28,450 28,640 190 -230 0.7 -0.8
Business, finance and administrative occupations 68,180 62,930 63,040 110 -5,140 0.2 -7.5
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,170 4,990 5,040 50 -130 1.0 -2.5
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 17,900 16,960 16,950 -10 -950 -0.1 -5.3
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 45,110 40,980 41,060 80 -4,050 0.2 -9.0
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 27,460 27,620 27,810 190 350 0.7 1.3
Health occupations 8,180 7,700 7,670 -30 -510 -0.4 -6.2
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,290 1,260 1,250 -10 -40 -0.8 -3.1
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,890 6,440 6,420 -20 -470 -0.3 -6.8
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 27,920 26,680 26,560 -120 -1,360 -0.4 -4.9
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 14,690 14,300 14,430 130 -260 0.9 -1.8
Teachers and professors 13,220 12,380 12,130 -250 -1,090 -2.0 -8.2
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 10,720 9,660 9,650 -10 -1,070 -0.1 -10.0
Sales and service occupations 99,310 89,560 89,850 290 -9,460 0.3 -9.5
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,440 5,000 5,050 50 -390 1.0 -7.2
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 19,070 17,180 17,050 -130 -2,020 -0.8 -10.6
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 19,530 17,380 17,450 70 -2,080 0.4 -10.7
Occupations in protective services 5,480 4,860 4,910 50 -570 1.0 -10.4
Childcare and home support workers 15,920 14,590 14,670 80 -1,250 0.5 -7.9
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 33,860 30,560 30,720 160 -3,140 0.5 -9.3
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 168,970 167,060 167,290 230 -1,680 0.1 -1.0
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,390 6,510 6,510 0 120 0.0 1.9
Construction trades 35,650 35,640 35,720 80 70 0.2 0.2
Other trades occupations 37,870 38,770 38,470 -300 600 -0.8 1.6
Transport and equipment operators 40,030 38,360 38,550 190 -1,480 0.5 -3.7
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 49,030 47,780 48,030 250 -1,000 0.5 -2.0
Occupations unique to primary industry 38,550 36,620 36,320 -300 -2,230 -0.8 -5.8
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 51,290 43,590 45,650 2,060 -5,640 4.7 -11.0
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 24,550 19,500 21,600 2,100 -2,950 10.8 -12.0
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 26,730 24,090 24,050 -40 -2,680 -0.2 -10.0
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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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