Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| June 2017 |
July 2017 |
Standard error2 | June to July 2017 | July 2016 to July 2017 | June to July 2017 | July 2016 to July 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,615.2 | 15,612.8 | 35.7 | -2.4 | 355.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| Self-employed | 2,795.8 | 2,809.0 | 25.2 | 13.2 | 31.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,711.8 | 3,712.6 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 134.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| Private | 11,903.4 | 11,900.2 | 35.9 | -3.2 | 221.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| All industries | 18,410.9 | 18,421.9 | 29.4 | 11.0 | 387.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,882.0 | 3,883.9 | 16.1 | 1.9 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Agriculture | 288.5 | 278.5 | 5.3 | -10.0 | -15.7 | -3.5 | -5.3 |
| Natural resources3 | 327.1 | 335.1 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 2.4 | 6.3 |
| Utilities | 134.2 | 133.5 | 2.3 | -0.7 | -2.5 | -0.5 | -1.8 |
| Construction | 1,403.4 | 1,394.3 | 11.0 | -9.1 | 26.1 | -0.6 | 1.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,728.8 | 1,742.5 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 53.0 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,529.0 | 14,538.0 | 27.9 | 9.0 | 306.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Trade | 2,802.5 | 2,824.4 | 14.5 | 21.9 | 93.9 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 937.4 | 945.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 32.9 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,160.0 | 1,157.8 | 8.7 | -2.2 | 30.4 | -0.2 | 2.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,472.3 | 1,471.3 | 10.8 | -1.0 | 75.6 | -0.1 | 5.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 747.6 | 753.4 | 10.4 | 5.8 | -19.5 | 0.8 | -2.5 |
| Educational services | 1,291.9 | 1,259.9 | 10.7 | -32.0 | -6.7 | -2.5 | -0.5 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,394.7 | 2,399.9 | 10.9 | 5.2 | 49.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 775.6 | 793.9 | 10.3 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,207.7 | 1,208.9 | 11.3 | 1.2 | -14.1 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Other services | 778.9 | 772.6 | 8.4 | -6.3 | 3.6 | -0.8 | 0.5 |
| Public administration | 960.3 | 950.0 | 7.1 | -10.3 | 47.6 | -1.1 | 5.3 |
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.
- Date modified: