Table 2 
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted 

Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS) – Seasonally adjusted
  December
2015
January
2016
Standard error2 December 2015 to January 2016 January 2015 to January 2016 December 2015 to January 2016 January 2015 to January 2016
  thousandsthousandsthousands change in thousandschange in thousands % change% change
Class of worker              
Employees 15,194.0 15,208.5 36.5 14.5 89.4 0.1 0.6
Self-employed 2,816.9 2,796.7 26.2 -20.2 36.2 -0.7 1.3
Public/private sector employees              
Public 3,602.3 3,621.0 21.1 18.7 59.4 0.5 1.7
Private 11,591.6 11,587.5 36.6 -4.1 30.0 0.0 0.3
All industries 18,010.9 18,005.2 29.5 -5.7 125.5 0.0 0.7
Goods-producing sector 3,886.6 3,861.3 17.0 -25.3 -43.7 -0.7 -1.1
Agriculture 297.4 283.7 5.6 -13.7 -18.7 -4.6 -6.2
Natural resources3 351.9 353.3 5.5 1.4 -13.3 0.4 -3.6
Utilities 132.3 135.6 2.6 3.3 -4.3 2.5 -3.1
Construction 1,369.4 1,364.0 11.6 -5.4 -24.7 -0.4 -1.8
Manufacturing 1,735.6 1,724.6 10.8 -11.0 17.1 -0.6 1.0
Services-producing sector 14,124.2 14,143.9 28.0 19.7 169.2 0.1 1.2
Trade 2,723.6 2,732.0 14.7 8.4 17.6 0.3 0.6
Transportation and warehousing 909.5 899.1 8.4 -10.4 -1.7 -1.1 -0.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,110.3 1,110.7 8.8 0.4 18.1 0.0 1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,397.2 1,388.1 10.9 -9.1 38.5 -0.7 2.9
Business, building and other support services 760.3 760.3 10.4 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.9
Educational services 1,271.5 1,274.7 10.4 3.2 7.6 0.3 0.6
Health care and social assistance 2,331.1 2,342.4 11.5 11.3 90.0 0.5 4.0
Information, culture and recreation 751.3 767.1 10.0 15.8 8.7 2.1 1.1
Accommodation and food services 1,188.1 1,185.6 11.9 -2.5 -33.1 -0.2 -2.7
Other services 761.8 771.4 8.1 9.6 4.2 1.3 0.5
Public administration 919.6 912.4 7.1 -7.2 12.2 -0.8 1.4
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 282-0088 and 282-0089.
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