Chart 4
Payroll employees working in goods producing and service producing industries

thousands 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 Goods producing industriesGoods producing industries Service producing industriesService producing industries
Note(s):
Data covering the period of 1961 to 1982 use annual averages of monthly estimates unadjusted for seasonality. Goods producing industries consist of forestry, fishing and trapping, mining (including milling), manufacturing, and construction. Service producing industries consist of transportation, communication and other utilities, trade, finance, insurance and real estate, community, business and personal services (commercial and non-commercial), and public administration and defence. Data from 1983 to 2000 use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980, while data from 2001 to 2016 use the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Source(s):
CANSIM table 281-0015 (data from 1961 to 1982), CANSIM table 281-0005 (data from 1983 to 2000) and CANSIM table 281-0024 (data from 2001 to 2016).

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Payroll employees working in goods producing and service producing industries, thousands
  Goods producing industries Service producing industries
1961 1,767 2,947
1962 1,850 3,067
1963 1,901 3,189
1964 1,998 3,337
1965 2,109 3,508
1966 2,219 3,693
1967 2,207 3,881
1968 2,196 4,029
1969 2,241 4,241
1970 2,204 4,378
1971 2,216 4,520
1972 2,264 4,737
1973 2,393 4,994
1974 2,480 5,281
1975 2,394 5,471
1976 2,420 5,579
1977 2,448 5,771
1978 2,446 5,936
1979 2,561 6,119
1980 2,545 6,318
1981 2,603 6,572
1982 2,329 6,549
1983 2,474 6,791
1984 2,525 6,974
1985 2,623 7,225
1986 2,696 7,433
1987 2,817 7,725
1988 2,902 7,978
1989 2,998 8,284
1990 2,866 8,504
1991 2,565 8,194
1992 2,408 8,039
1993 2,381 8,085
1994 2,441 8,150
1995 2,484 8,332
1996 2,515 8,393
1997 2,606 8,598
1998 2,704 8,772
1999 2,765 8,914
2000 2,901 9,199
2001 2,870 10,010
2002 2,854 10,229
2003 2,863 10,446
2004 2,865 10,595
2005 2,871 10,813
2006 2,910 11,152
2007 2,911 11,484
2008 2,878 11,790
2009 2,631 11,745
2010 2,652 11,817
2011 2,731 11,968
2012 2,801 12,167
2013 2,833 12,349
2014 2,856 12,528
2015 2,845 12,673
2016 2,801 12,849
Note(s):
Data covering the period of 1961 to 1982 use annual averages of monthly estimates unadjusted for seasonality. Goods producing industries consist of forestry, fishing and trapping, mining (including milling), manufacturing, and construction. Service producing industries consist of transportation, communication and other utilities, trade, finance, insurance and real estate, community, business and personal services (commercial and non-commercial), and public administration and defence. Data from 1983 to 2000 use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980, while data from 2001 to 2016 use the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Source(s):
CANSIM table 281-0015 (data from 1961 to 1982), CANSIM table 281-0005 (data from 1983 to 2000) and CANSIM table 281-0024 (data from 2001 to 2016).
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