Table 4
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted
February 2016 | January 2017p | February 2017p | January to February 2017 | February 2016 to February 2017 | January to February 2017 | February 2016 to February 2017 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | number | number | change | change | % change | % change | |
All occupations | 550,440 | 565,850 | 554,160 | -11,690 | 3,720 | -2.1 | 0.7 |
Management occupations | 33,640 | 36,000 | 36,150 | 150 | 2,510 | 0.4 | 7.5 |
Senior management occupations | 2,880 | 3,110 | 3,120 | 10 | 240 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
Specialized middle management occupations | 11,520 | 12,860 | 12,910 | 50 | 1,390 | 0.4 | 12.1 |
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services | 11,460 | 12,090 | 12,230 | 140 | 770 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
Middle management occupations in trades, transportation, production and utilities | 7,780 | 7,940 | 7,890 | -50 | 110 | -0.6 | 1.4 |
Business, finance and administration occupations | 57,990 | 60,920 | 60,330 | -590 | 2,340 | -1.0 | 4.0 |
Professional occupations in business and finance | 6,600 | 7,190 | 7,120 | -70 | 520 | -1.0 | 7.9 |
Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations | 23,520 | 25,480 | 25,170 | -310 | 1,650 | -1.2 | 7.0 |
Finance, insurance and related business administrative occupations | 2,110 | 2,330 | 2,310 | -20 | 200 | -0.9 | 9.5 |
Office support occupations | 17,180 | 17,450 | 17,440 | -10 | 260 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
Distribution, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations | 8,580 | 8,480 | 8,290 | -190 | -290 | -2.2 | -3.4 |
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 32,780 | 33,540 | 32,850 | -690 | 70 | -2.1 | 0.2 |
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences | 9,630 | 9,950 | 9,790 | -160 | 160 | -1.6 | 1.7 |
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences | 23,150 | 23,590 | 23,060 | -530 | -90 | -2.2 | -0.4 |
Health occupations | 7,590 | 8,000 | 8,060 | 60 | 470 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
Professional occupations in nursing | 750 | 780 | 800 | 20 | 50 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
Professional occupations in health (except nursing) | 550 | 610 | 610 | 0 | 60 | 0.0 | 10.9 |
Technical occupations in health | 2,790 | 2,870 | 2,880 | 10 | 90 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
Assisting occupations in support of health services | 3,490 | 3,740 | 3,770 | 30 | 280 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services | 44,180 | 42,860 | 42,980 | 120 | -1,200 | 0.3 | -2.7 |
Professional occupations in education services | 12,430 | 12,150 | 12,080 | -70 | -350 | -0.6 | -2.8 |
Professional occupations in law and social, community and government services | 5,640 | 5,390 | 5,370 | -20 | -270 | -0.4 | -4.8 |
Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services | 9,590 | 9,120 | 9,250 | 130 | -340 | 1.4 | -3.5 |
Occupations in front-line public protection services | 710 | 740 | 740 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
Care providers and educational, legal and public protection support occupations | 15,810 | 15,450 | 15,530 | 80 | -280 | 0.5 | -1.8 |
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 8,370 | 9,140 | 9,440 | 300 | 1,070 | 3.3 | 12.8 |
Professional occupations in art and culture | 1,760 | 1,860 | 1,930 | 70 | 170 | 3.8 | 9.7 |
Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 6,600 | 7,270 | 7,510 | 240 | 910 | 3.3 | 13.8 |
Sales and service occupations | 83,270 | 87,980 | 87,460 | -520 | 4,190 | -0.6 | 5.0 |
Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales occupations | 4,590 | 4,700 | 4,640 | -60 | 50 | -1.3 | 1.1 |
Service supervisors and specialized service occupations | 15,620 | 16,720 | 16,730 | 10 | 1,110 | 0.1 | 7.1 |
Sales representatives and salespersons - wholesale and retail trade | 12,060 | 12,620 | 12,520 | -100 | 460 | -0.8 | 3.8 |
Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations | 22,020 | 22,990 | 22,680 | -310 | 660 | -1.3 | 3.0 |
Sales support occupations | 7,820 | 8,170 | 8,110 | -60 | 290 | -0.7 | 3.7 |
Service support and other service occupations, n.e.c. | 21,160 | 22,780 | 22,780 | 0 | 1,620 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 192,750 | 201,020 | 191,940 | -9,080 | -810 | -4.5 | -0.4 |
Industrial, electrical and construction trades | 72,750 | 76,660 | 74,140 | -2,520 | 1,390 | -3.3 | 1.9 |
Maintenance and equipment operation trades | 20,690 | 20,150 | 19,800 | -350 | -890 | -1.7 | -4.3 |
Other installers, repairers and servicers and material handlers | 10,920 | 10,800 | 10,670 | -130 | -250 | -1.2 | -2.3 |
Transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations | 44,780 | 46,070 | 43,980 | -2,090 | -800 | -4.5 | -1.8 |
Trades helpers, construction labourers and related occupations | 43,610 | 47,340 | 43,350 | -3,990 | -260 | -8.4 | -0.6 |
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations | 37,430 | 38,490 | 38,290 | -200 | 860 | -0.5 | 2.3 |
Supervisors and technical occupations in natural resources, agriculture and related production | 8,030 | 8,110 | 8,150 | 40 | 120 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production | 14,850 | 14,890 | 14,930 | 40 | 80 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers | 14,550 | 15,490 | 15,220 | -270 | 670 | -1.7 | 4.6 |
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities | 46,750 | 45,200 | 44,330 | -870 | -2,420 | -1.9 | -5.2 |
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators | 3,150 | 3,410 | 3,270 | -140 | 120 | -4.1 | 3.8 |
Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers | 12,780 | 13,060 | 13,010 | -50 | 230 | -0.4 | 1.8 |
Assemblers in manufacturing | 8,190 | 6,790 | 6,470 | -320 | -1,720 | -4.7 | -21.0 |
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities | 22,630 | 21,940 | 21,580 | -360 | -1,050 | -1.6 | -4.6 |
p
preliminary
Source(s):
CANSIM table 276-0043.
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
National Occupational Classification 2011.
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