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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
  August
2013		 July
2014p		 August
2014p		 July to August 2014 August 2013 to August 2014 July to August 2014 August 2013 to August 2014
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 516,900 498,820 498,140 -680 -18,760 -0.1 -3.6
Management occupations 31,690 30,490 30,670 180 -1,020 0.6 -3.2
Senior management occupations 2,720 2,680 2,700 20 -20 0.7 -0.7
Other management occupations 28,970 27,810 27,960 150 -1,010 0.5 -3.5
Business, finance and administrative occupations 65,250 62,410 61,630 -780 -3,620 -1.2 -5.5
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,100 4,830 4,780 -50 -320 -1.0 -6.3
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 17,120 17,020 16,550 -470 -570 -2.8 -3.3
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 43,030 40,560 40,290 -270 -2,740 -0.7 -6.4
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 27,500 26,680 26,780 100 -720 0.4 -2.6
Health occupations 7,600 7,720 7,740 20 140 0.3 1.8
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,240 1,290 1,290 0 50 0.0 4.0
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,360 6,430 6,460 30 100 0.5 1.6
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 29,370 30,110 29,680 -430 310 -1.4 1.1
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 15,400 16,030 16,000 -30 600 -0.2 3.9
Teachers and professors 13,970 14,080 13,690 -390 -280 -2.8 -2.0
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 10,000 9,560 9,340 -220 -660 -2.3 -6.6
Sales and service occupations 96,570 91,790 89,570 -2,220 -7,000 -2.4 -7.2
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,260 5,010 5,040 30 -220 0.6 -4.2
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 18,690 16,160 16,210 50 -2,480 0.3 -13.3
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 18,000 17,060 16,900 -160 -1,100 -0.9 -6.1
Occupations in protective services 5,380 4,800 4,700 -100 -680 -2.1 -12.6
Childcare and home support workers 15,820 17,450 15,540 -1,910 -280 -10.9 -1.8
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 33,420 31,300 31,170 -130 -2,250 -0.4 -6.7
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 162,690 159,330 160,880 1,550 -1,810 1.0 -1.1
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,170 6,140 6,120 -20 -50 -0.3 -0.8
Construction trades 32,680 33,770 33,950 180 1,270 0.5 3.9
Other trades occupations 38,380 34,710 37,160 2,450 -1,220 7.1 -3.2
Transport and equipment operators 39,570 39,630 39,060 -570 -510 -1.4 -1.3
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 45,890 45,080 44,590 -490 -1,300 -1.1 -2.8
Occupations unique to primary industry 36,840 32,660 33,570 910 -3,270 2.8 -8.9
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 49,190 47,540 47,700 160 -1,490 0.3 -3.0
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 24,220 24,270 24,500 230 280 0.9 1.2
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 24,970 23,270 23,200 -70 -1,770 -0.3 -7.1
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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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