Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| September 2017 |
October 2017 |
Standard error2 | September to October 2017 | October 2016 to October 2017 | September to October 2017 | October 2016 to October 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,613.2 | 15,647.7 | 35.7 | 34.5 | 248.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Self-employed | 2,840.9 | 2,841.7 | 25.2 | 0.8 | 59.8 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,730.5 | 3,726.0 | 20.1 | -4.5 | 83.2 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
| Private | 11,882.6 | 11,921.7 | 35.9 | 39.1 | 165.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| All industries | 18,454.1 | 18,489.4 | 29.4 | 35.3 | 308.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,880.7 | 3,914.6 | 16.1 | 33.9 | 65.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Agriculture | 278.3 | 284.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | -0.4 | 2.2 | -0.1 |
| Natural resources3 | 330.5 | 331.6 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Utilities | 131.6 | 132.1 | 2.3 | 0.5 | -3.4 | 0.4 | -2.5 |
| Construction | 1,406.7 | 1,425.1 | 11.0 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,733.7 | 1,741.5 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 50.6 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,573.4 | 14,574.8 | 27.9 | 1.4 | 242.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Trade | 2,834.3 | 2,798.4 | 14.5 | -35.9 | 46.6 | -1.3 | 1.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 959.2 | 960.2 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 43.0 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,170.2 | 1,173.8 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 38.7 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,467.4 | 1,475.4 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 85.3 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| Business, building and other support services | 751.5 | 749.8 | 10.4 | -1.7 | -9.7 | -0.2 | -1.3 |
| Educational services | 1,280.7 | 1,275.1 | 10.7 | -5.6 | -10.0 | -0.4 | -0.8 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,395.9 | 2,392.3 | 10.9 | -3.6 | 51.0 | -0.2 | 2.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 775.5 | 790.8 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,213.6 | 1,212.9 | 11.3 | -0.7 | -10.8 | -0.1 | -0.9 |
| Other services | 766.6 | 788.0 | 8.4 | 21.4 | -2.6 | 2.8 | -0.3 |
| Public administration | 958.5 | 958.1 | 7.1 | -0.4 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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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