Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| May 2017 |
June 2017 |
Standard error2 | May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | May to June 2017 | June 2016 to June 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,591.3 | 15,615.2 | 35.8 | 23.9 | 331.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Self-employed | 2,774.4 | 2,795.8 | 25.3 | 21.4 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,705.8 | 3,711.8 | 20.2 | 6.0 | 104.5 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Private | 11,885.6 | 11,903.4 | 35.8 | 17.8 | 227.3 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| All industries | 18,365.7 | 18,410.9 | 29.5 | 45.2 | 350.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,866.0 | 3,882.0 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 74.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Agriculture | 276.5 | 288.5 | 5.5 | 12.0 | -2.3 | 4.3 | -0.8 |
| Natural resources3 | 329.4 | 327.1 | 5.0 | -2.3 | 9.3 | -0.7 | 2.9 |
| Utilities | 132.0 | 134.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -2.8 | 1.7 | -2.0 |
| Construction | 1,402.1 | 1,403.4 | 11.2 | 1.3 | 26.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,725.9 | 1,728.8 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 44.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,499.8 | 14,529.0 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 276.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Trade | 2,802.0 | 2,802.5 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 59.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 944.8 | 937.4 | 8.3 | -7.4 | 30.5 | -0.8 | 3.4 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,157.9 | 1,160.0 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 35.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,445.3 | 1,472.3 | 11.0 | 27.0 | 66.0 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 762.7 | 747.6 | 10.5 | -15.1 | -22.8 | -2.0 | -3.0 |
| Educational services | 1,289.6 | 1,291.9 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,385.4 | 2,394.7 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 71.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 772.0 | 775.6 | 10.4 | 3.6 | -10.6 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,201.9 | 1,207.7 | 11.4 | 5.8 | -17.0 | 0.5 | -1.4 |
| Other services | 783.7 | 778.9 | 8.3 | -4.8 | 8.7 | -0.6 | 1.1 |
| Public administration | 954.6 | 960.3 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 32.2 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
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 "Data Quality" section of the Labour Force Information (Catalogue number71-001-X) publication for further explanations.
Table note 3
Also referred to as forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
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