Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS1) – Seasonally adjusted
| March 2018 |
April 2018 |
Standard error2 | March to April 2018 | April 2017 to April 2018 | March to April 2018 | April 2017 to April 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,739.3 | 15,753.8 | 35.7 | 14.5 | 220.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,865.5 | 2,849.9 | 25.3 | -15.6 | 57.9 | -0.5 | 2.1 |
| Public/private sector employees | |||||||
| Public | 3,787.7 | 3,774.1 | 20.4 | -13.6 | 74.7 | -0.4 | 2.0 |
| Private | 11,951.7 | 11,979.7 | 36.2 | 28.0 | 145.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| All industries | 18,604.8 | 18,603.7 | 29.5 | -1.1 | 278.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,954.4 | 3,938.5 | 16.5 | -15.9 | 87.9 | -0.4 | 2.3 |
| Agriculture | 280.3 | 282.6 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Natural resources3 | 339.4 | 337.5 | 5.0 | -1.9 | 11.0 | -0.6 | 3.4 |
| Utilities | 137.2 | 140.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 5.6 |
| Construction | 1,452.2 | 1,433.3 | 11.1 | -18.9 | 31.7 | -1.3 | 2.3 |
| Manufacturing | 1,745.4 | 1,744.6 | 10.9 | -0.8 | 35.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,650.4 | 14,665.2 | 28.1 | 14.8 | 190.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Trade | 2,812.0 | 2,789.9 | 15.1 | -22.1 | -4.5 | -0.8 | -0.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 976.9 | 974.3 | 8.4 | -2.6 | 43.6 | -0.3 | 4.7 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,165.7 | 1,164.3 | 8.9 | -1.4 | -7.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,438.7 | 1,460.0 | 11.1 | 21.3 | 33.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 763.8 | 766.8 | 10.2 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Educational services | 1,308.2 | 1,306.2 | 10.6 | -2.0 | 17.2 | -0.2 | 1.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,400.1 | 2,398.3 | 10.9 | -1.8 | 26.0 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 782.0 | 783.5 | 10.5 | 1.5 | -3.3 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,224.5 | 1,241.4 | 11.7 | 16.9 | 44.2 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| Other services | 808.7 | 807.4 | 8.4 | -1.3 | 25.8 | -0.2 | 3.3 |
| Public administration | 969.9 | 973.0 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
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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