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
  September 2014 August 2015p September 2015p August to September 2015 September 2014 to September 2015 August to September 2015 September 2014 to September 2015
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 502,230 537,750 543,830 6,080 41,600 1.1 8.3
Management occupations 31,440 32,620 32,650 30 1,210 0.1 3.8
Senior management occupations 2,800 2,830 2,770 -60 -30 -2.1 -1.1
Other management occupations 28,640 29,790 29,880 90 1,240 0.3 4.3
Business, finance and administrative occupations 62,260 64,620 64,670 50 2,410 0.1 3.9
Professional occupations in business and finance 4,790 5,070 5,080 10 290 0.2 6.1
Financial, secretarial and administrative occupations 16,900 17,500 17,390 -110 490 -0.6 2.9
Clerical occupations, including supervisors 40,570 42,060 42,200 140 1,630 0.3 4.0
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 26,660 31,380 31,780 400 5,120 1.3 19.2
Health occupations 7,680 7,790 7,360 -430 -320 -5.5 -4.2
Professional occupations in health, nurse supervisors and registered nurses 1,270 1,270 1,230 -40 -40 -3.1 -3.1
Technical, assisting and related occupations in health 6,410 6,520 6,130 -390 -280 -6.0 -4.4
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 29,540 30,740 30,900 160 1,360 0.5 4.6
Occupations in social science, government service and religion 15,570 16,420 16,100 -320 530 -1.9 3.4
Teachers and professors 13,970 14,330 14,810 480 840 3.3 6.0
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 9,810 9,190 9,260 70 -550 0.8 -5.6
Sales and service occupations 93,340 91,140 90,460 -680 -2,880 -0.7 -3.1
Wholesale, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers 4,990 5,290 5,200 -90 210 -1.7 4.2
Retail salespersons, sales clerks, cashiers, including retail trade supervisors 16,120 16,480 16,280 -200 160 -1.2 1.0
Chefs and cooks, and occupations in food and beverage service, including supervisors 16,990 16,560 16,270 -290 -720 -1.8 -4.2
Occupations in protective services 4,800 4,930 4,990 60 190 1.2 4.0
Childcare and home support workers 19,270 16,210 16,190 -20 -3,080 -0.1 -16.0
Sales and service occupations (not elsewhere classified), including occupations in travel and accommodation, attendants in recreation and sport as well as supervisors 31,170 31,660 31,530 -130 360 -0.4 1.2
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 160,530 184,660 188,830 4,170 28,300 2.3 17.6
Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation 6,090 7,670 7,970 300 1,880 3.9 30.9
Construction trades 34,080 37,320 37,390 70 3,310 0.2 9.7
Other trades occupations 37,450 46,970 47,100 130 9,650 0.3 25.8
Transport and equipment operators 38,570 42,650 45,440 2,790 6,870 6.5 17.8
Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations 44,340 50,050 50,940 890 6,600 1.8 14.9
Occupations unique to primary industry 34,640 39,770 40,760 990 6,120 2.5 17.7
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 45,980 45,130 46,590 1,460 610 3.2 1.3
Machine operators and assemblers in manufacturing, including supervisors 22,540 22,390 23,330 940 790 4.2 3.5
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 23,440 22,740 23,260 520 -180 2.3 -0.8
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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