Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| February 2024 |
March 2024 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2024 | March 2023 to March 2024 | February to March 2024 | March 2023 to March 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 17,738.4 | 17,765.4 | 36.7 | 27.0 | 343.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,396.8 | 4,408.7 | 19.8 | 11.9 | 202.1 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Private sector employees | 13,341.5 | 13,356.7 | 35.7 | 15.2 | 141.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Self-employed | 2,664.6 | 2,635.3 | 23.5 | -29.3 | -19.0 | -1.1 | -0.7 |
| Total employed, all industries | 20,402.9 | 20,400.7 | 32.1 | -2.2 | 324.3 | -0.0 | 1.6 |
| Goods-producing sector | 4,098.5 | 4,128.4 | 19.4 | 29.9 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Agriculture | 229.0 | 226.5 | 6.0 | -2.5 | -33.4 | -1.1 | -12.9 |
| Natural resources2 | 334.6 | 338.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| Utilities | 155.1 | 159.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Construction | 1,585.6 | 1,600.9 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1,794.2 | 1,803.5 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 16,304.4 | 16,272.4 | 31.9 | -32.0 | 316.1 | -0.2 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,946.6 | 2,923.5 | 17.4 | -23.1 | -36.0 | -0.8 | -1.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,082.8 | 1,081.6 | 10.5 | -1.2 | 69.9 | -0.1 | 6.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,394.5 | 1,405.5 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,940.7 | 1,920.8 | 13.9 | -19.9 | 58.3 | -1.0 | 3.1 |
| Business, building and other support services | 682.6 | 678.8 | 11.1 | -3.8 | -44.9 | -0.6 | -6.2 |
| Educational services | 1,530.3 | 1,538.1 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 64.1 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,721.6 | 2,761.5 | 13.6 | 39.9 | 124.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 852.4 | 842.4 | 12.1 | -10.0 | 9.4 | -1.2 | 1.1 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,130.7 | 1,104.1 | 12.6 | -26.6 | -14.2 | -2.4 | -1.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 802.4 | 797.6 | 9.8 | -4.8 | 47.8 | -0.6 | 6.4 |
| Public administration | 1,219.8 | 1,218.4 | 8.7 | -1.4 | 35.2 | -0.1 | 3.0 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-02 and 14-10-0355-02.
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Also referred to as "Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction."
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