Table 4
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted
April 2013 |
March 2014p |
April 2014p |
March to April 2014 | April 2013 to April 2014 | March to April 2014 | April 2013 to April 2014 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | number | number | change | change | % change | % change | |
All occupations | 525,570 | 511,520 | 517,080 | 5,560 | -8,490 | 1.1 | -1.6 |
Management occupations | 31,380 | 31,150 | 31,090 | -60 | -290 | -0.2 | -0.9 |
Senior management occupations | 2,670 | 2,780 | 2,780 | 0 | 110 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
Other management occupations | 28,710 | 28,360 | 28,320 | -40 | -390 | -0.1 | -1.4 |
Business, finance and administrative occupations | 67,400 | 63,710 | 63,860 | 150 | -3,540 | 0.2 | -5.3 |
Professional occupations in business and finance | 5,170 | 5,030 | 4,960 | -70 | -210 | -1.4 | -4.1 |
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations | 17,590 | 17,090 | 17,190 | 100 | -400 | 0.6 | -2.3 |
Clerical occupations, including supervisors | 44,640 | 41,600 | 41,700 | 100 | -2,940 | 0.2 | -6.6 |
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 26,540 | 28,140 | 28,060 | -80 | 1,520 | -0.3 | 5.7 |
Health occupations | 7,820 | 7,800 | 7,820 | 20 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses | 1,250 | 1,290 | 1,290 | 0 | 40 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health | 6,570 | 6,510 | 6,520 | 10 | -50 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion | 26,200 | 28,020 | 28,160 | 140 | 1,960 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
Occupations in social science, government service and religion | 14,130 | 14,940 | 14,600 | -340 | 470 | -2.3 | 3.3 |
Teachers and professors | 12,070 | 13,080 | 13,570 | 490 | 1,500 | 3.7 | 12.4 |
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 10,280 | 9,800 | 9,790 | -10 | -490 | -0.1 | -4.8 |
Sales and service occupations | 97,310 | 89,980 | 89,790 | -190 | -7,520 | -0.2 | -7.7 |
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers | 5,370 | 5,040 | 5,200 | 160 | -170 | 3.2 | -3.2 |
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors | 19,170 | 16,810 | 16,590 | -220 | -2,580 | -1.3 | -13.5 |
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors | 18,870 | 17,490 | 17,460 | -30 | -1,410 | -0.2 | -7.5 |
Occupations in protective services | 5,540 | 4,830 | 4,810 | -20 | -730 | -0.4 | -13.2 |
Childcare and home support workers | 15,320 | 15,040 | 14,840 | -200 | -480 | -1.3 | -3.1 |
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors | 33,040 | 30,770 | 30,880 | 110 | -2,160 | 0.4 | -6.5 |
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 170,640 | 169,530 | 174,710 | 5,180 | 4,070 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation | 6,620 | 6,600 | 6,730 | 130 | 110 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
Construction trades | 36,230 | 36,330 | 38,430 | 2,100 | 2,200 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
Other trades occupations | 37,580 | 38,920 | 40,540 | 1,620 | 2,960 | 4.2 | 7.9 |
Transport and equipment operators | 40,770 | 39,210 | 40,000 | 790 | -770 | 2.0 | -1.9 |
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations | 49,440 | 48,470 | 49,000 | 530 | -440 | 1.1 | -0.9 |
Occupations unique to primary industry | 37,170 | 36,000 | 35,950 | -50 | -1,220 | -0.1 | -3.3 |
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 50,630 | 46,300 | 46,940 | 640 | -3,690 | 1.4 | -7.3 |
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors | 24,420 | 22,310 | 22,810 | 500 | -1,610 | 2.2 | -6.6 |
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities | 26,210 | 23,990 | 24,130 | 140 | -2,080 | 0.6 | -7.9 |
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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