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

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Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS) – Seasonally adjusted
  September
2016		 October
2016		 Standard error2 September to October 2016 October 2015 to October 2016 September to October 2016 October 2015 to October 2016
  thousandsthousandsthousands change in thousandschange in thousands % change% change
Class of worker              
Employees 15,329.0 15,372.8 36.7 43.8 107.0 0.3 0.7
Self-employed 2,787.7 2,787.9 26.5 0.2 32.7 0.0 1.2
Public/private sector employees              
Public 3,622.9 3,632.7 21.0 9.8 5.6 0.3 0.2
Private 11,706.1 11,740.1 36.8 34.0 101.4 0.3 0.9
All industries 18,116.7 18,160.6 29.9 43.9 139.6 0.2 0.8
Goods-producing sector 3,823.2 3,843.9 16.9 20.7 -4.9 0.5 -0.1
Agriculture 288.0 284.2 5.6 -3.8 -8.0 -1.3 -2.7
Natural resources3 318.8 329.0 5.3 10.2 -19.6 3.2 -5.6
Utilities 136.8 134.8 2.8 -2.0 1.5 -1.5 1.1
Construction 1,381.5 1,405.3 11.6 23.8 46.5 1.7 3.4
Manufacturing 1,698.0 1,690.5 11.0 -7.5 -25.4 -0.4 -1.5
Services-producing sector 14,293.4 14,316.8 28.5 23.4 144.6 0.2 1.0
Trade 2,730.6 2,749.4 15.2 18.8 8.1 0.7 0.3
Transportation and warehousing 920.3 918.6 8.3 -1.7 1.4 -0.2 0.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 1,131.5 1,133.1 8.7 1.6 23.0 0.1 2.1
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,387.3 1,387.1 11.3 -0.2 13.7 0.0 1.0
Business, building and other support services 775.9 760.9 10.5 -15.0 -9.1 -1.9 -1.2
Educational services 1,267.9 1,283.7 10.5 15.8 34.0 1.2 2.7
Health care and social assistance 2,346.3 2,340.0 11.5 -6.3 19.5 -0.3 0.8
Information, culture and recreation 794.2 786.9 10.2 -7.3 18.2 -0.9 2.4
Accommodation and food services 1,231.2 1,221.4 11.8 -9.8 13.9 -0.8 1.2
Other services 770.5 788.3 8.2 17.8 21.6 2.3 2.8
Public administration 937.8 947.3 7.5 9.5 0.2 1.0 0.0
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.

Table note 1

North American Industry Classification System.

Table note 2

Average standard error for change in two consecutive months. See "Sampling variability of estimates" in the section, "About the Labour Force Survey," at the end of the publication, Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X), for further explanations.

Table note 3

Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
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