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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 2014 January 2015p February 2015p January to February 2015 February 2014 to February 2015 January to February 2015 February 2014 to February 2015
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 513,250 499,840 509,780 9,940 -3,470 2.0 -0.7
Management occupations 31,690 30,850 30,970 120 -720 0.4 -2.3
Senior management occupations 2,810 2,800 2,740 -60 -70 -2.1 -2.5
Other management occupations 28,880 28,050 28,230 180 -650 0.6 -2.3
Business, finance and administrative occupations 63,910 61,010 61,710 700 -2,200 1.1 -3.4
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,090 4,580 4,620 40 -470 0.9 -9.2
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 17,300 16,550 16,710 160 -590 1.0 -3.4
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 41,520 39,880 40,370 490 -1,150 1.2 -2.8
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 27,770 27,370 27,790 420 20 1.5 0.1
Health occupations 7,840 7,500 7,510 10 -330 0.1 -4.2
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,270 1,250 1,250 0 -20 0.0 -1.6
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,560 6,250 6,270 20 -290 0.3 -4.4
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 27,780 27,380 28,500 1,120 720 4.1 2.6
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 14,930 15,010 15,250 240 320 1.6 2.1
Teachers and professors 12,850 12,380 13,250 870 400 7.0 3.1
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 9,820 9,160 9,080 -80 -740 -0.9 -7.5
Sales and service occupations 91,390 86,650 87,870 1,220 -3,520 1.4 -3.9
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,160 4,860 4,910 50 -250 1.0 -4.8
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 17,230 15,610 15,570 -40 -1,660 -0.3 -9.6
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 17,640 16,660 16,710 50 -930 0.3 -5.3
Occupations in protective services 4,970 4,650 4,690 40 -280 0.9 -5.6
Childcare and home support workers 15,200 15,330 15,530 200 330 1.3 2.2
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 31,190 29,540 30,460 920 -730 3.1 -2.3
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 169,530 169,560 174,270 4,710 4,740 2.8 2.8
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,580 6,710 7,020 310 440 4.6 6.7
Construction trades 36,320 36,180 37,200 1,020 880 2.8 2.4
Other trades occupations 38,950 38,610 39,850 1,240 900 3.2 2.3
Transport and equipment operators 39,220 39,730 40,840 1,110 1,620 2.8 4.1
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 48,450 48,350 49,360 1,010 910 2.1 1.9
Occupations unique to primary industry 36,340 35,660 36,330 670 -10 1.9 0.0
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 46,010 43,990 44,970 980 -1,040 2.2 -2.3
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 21,780 20,820 21,600 780 -180 3.7 -0.8
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 24,240 23,170 23,380 210 -860 0.9 -3.5
p
preliminary
Source(s):
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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