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Text table 3.2
Share of self-employment by type of business
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| Share | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unincorporated enterprises | Corporations | |||||
| 1987 | 1999 | 2005 | 1987 | 1999 | 2005 | |
| percent | ||||||
| All Industries | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Goods-producing | 36.6 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 31.6 | 28.8 | 29.4 |
| Agriculture | 21.2 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
| Construction | 10.0 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 14.2 |
| Manufacturing | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Service-producing | 63.4 | 72.9 | 74.6 | 68.4 | 71.2 | 70.6 |
| Trade | 12.5 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 25.8 | 19.0 | 17.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| Finance, insurance and leasing | 3.2 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 7.4 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 15.7 | 16.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 3.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Educational services | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 9.7 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Other services | 13.0 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
Note(s):
Data for unincorporated enterprises do not include unpaid family workers since they are suppressed for some industries in the Labour Force Survey.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey, CANSIM table 282-0012.
