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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
  March 2014 February 2015p March 2015p February to March 2015 March 2014 to March 2015 February to March 2015 March 2014 to March 2015
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 515,320 512,070 517,940 5,870 2,620 1.1 0.5
Management occupations 31,530 31,030 31,410 380 -120 1.2 -0.4
Senior management occupations 2,800 2,710 2,860 150 60 5.5 2.1
Other management occupations 28,730 28,310 28,550 240 -180 0.8 -0.6
Business, finance and administrative occupations 64,420 61,940 62,360 420 -2,060 0.7 -3.2
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,090 4,670 4,750 80 -340 1.7 -6.7
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 17,300 16,830 16,970 140 -330 0.8 -1.9
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 42,030 40,440 40,640 200 -1,390 0.5 -3.3
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 27,930 27,860 28,100 240 170 0.9 0.6
Health occupations 7,910 7,520 7,460 -60 -450 -0.8 -5.7
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,310 1,260 1,270 10 -40 0.8 -3.1
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,600 6,260 6,200 -60 -400 -1.0 -6.1
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 28,780 28,770 29,260 490 480 1.7 1.7
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 15,400 15,320 15,600 280 200 1.8 1.3
Teachers and professors 13,380 13,450 13,660 210 280 1.6 2.1
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 9,890 9,140 9,120 -20 -770 -0.2 -7.8
Sales and service occupations 91,300 87,760 87,510 -250 -3,790 -0.3 -4.2
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 5,160 4,900 4,890 -10 -270 -0.2 -5.2
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 17,000 15,590 15,400 -190 -1,600 -1.2 -9.4
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 17,630 16,740 16,640 -100 -990 -0.6 -5.6
Occupations in protective services 4,910 4,700 4,670 -30 -240 -0.6 -4.9
Childcare and home support workers 15,380 15,540 15,790 250 410 1.6 2.7
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 31,230 30,300 30,140 -160 -1,090 -0.5 -3.5
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 170,420 174,900 175,410 510 4,990 0.3 2.9
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,650 7,030 6,970 -60 320 -0.9 4.8
Construction trades 36,470 37,440 37,570 130 1,100 0.3 3.0
Other trades occupations 38,960 40,150 40,800 650 1,840 1.6 4.7
Transport and equipment operators 39,670 40,900 40,780 -120 1,110 -0.3 2.8
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 48,680 49,390 49,300 -90 620 -0.2 1.3
Occupations unique to primary industry 36,020 36,370 36,440 70 420 0.2 1.2
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 46,030 46,020 50,000 3,980 3,970 8.6 8.6
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 21,940 22,420 25,940 3,520 4,000 15.7 18.2
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 24,090 23,600 24,060 460 -30 1.9 -0.1
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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