Text table 3
Paid employment and self-employment in the Canadian economy, 1976 to 2008
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| All paid employees | Self-employed | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Incorporated enterprises | Unincorporated enterprises | |||||||
| Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Unpaid family worker | |||
| thousands | |||||||||
| 1976 | 8,562.5 | 1,185.0 | 248.0 | 202.6 | 45.4 | 937.1 | 238.1 | 566.0 | 133.0 |
| 1977 | 8,706.9 | 1,210.3 | 270.1 | 224.6 | 45.5 | 940.1 | 246.2 | 571.9 | 122.0 |
| 1978 | 8,956.9 | 1,263.4 | 284.8 | 235.3 | 49.5 | 978.5 | 248.3 | 604.3 | 125.9 |
| 1979 | 9,343.9 | 1,324.7 | 307.8 | 258.3 | 49.5 | 1,016.9 | 251.5 | 635.9 | 129.5 |
| 1980 | 9,620.5 | 1,363.6 | 360.0 | 301.8 | 58.2 | 1,003.7 | 239.8 | 654.5 | 109.4 |
| 1981 | 9,879.9 | 1,425.2 | 402.9 | 337.7 | 65.2 | 1,022.3 | 251.2 | 651.5 | 119.6 |
| 1982 | 9,460.5 | 1,483.2 | 430.0 | 354.2 | 75.8 | 1,053.2 | 276.5 | 662.1 | 114.6 |
| 1983 | 9,478.8 | 1,543.2 | 448.2 | 369.1 | 79.1 | 1,094.9 | 296.1 | 686.6 | 112.2 |
| 1984 | 9,732.1 | 1,569.7 | 439.3 | 359.6 | 79.7 | 1,130.4 | 286.5 | 739.3 | 104.6 |
| 1985 | 9,901.2 | 1,726.0 | 486.7 | 404.0 | 82.7 | 1,239.3 | 333.7 | 793.5 | 112.1 |
| 1986 | 10,312.5 | 1,674.2 | 498.4 | 407.1 | 91.3 | 1,175.8 | 322.7 | 755.0 | 98.1 |
| 1987 | 10,633.9 | 1,699.1 | 518.8 | 419.7 | 99.1 | 1,180.3 | 315.7 | 772.0 | 92.6 |
| 1988 | 10,935.5 | 1,774.1 | 568.1 | 467.0 | 101.1 | 1,205.9 | 314.8 | 812.0 | 79.1 |
| 1989 | 11,195.9 | 1,800.3 | 580.3 | 468.1 | 112.2 | 1,219.9 | 326.2 | 822.2 | 71.5 |
| 1990 | 11,249.8 | 1,836.6 | 596.9 | 476.4 | 120.5 | 1,239.8 | 321.1 | 851.4 | 67.3 |
| 1991 | 10,961.6 | 1,895.8 | 633.6 | 500.2 | 133.4 | 1,262.2 | 332.5 | 865.1 | 64.6 |
| 1992 | 10,803.4 | 1,927.5 | 637.9 | 495.7 | 142.2 | 1,289.5 | 321.2 | 902.2 | 66.1 |
| 1993 | 10781.6 | 2,011.1 | 647.2 | 502.9 | 144.3 | 1,363.9 | 321.9 | 968.6 | 73.4 |
| 1994 | 11,030.3 | 2,028.5 | 625.5 | 467.5 | 158.0 | 1,403.0 | 334.1 | 1,011.9 | 57.0 |
| 1995 | 11,212.3 | 2,083.1 | 676.9 | 507.1 | 169.8 | 1,406.2 | 316.4 | 1,032.9 | 56.9 |
| 1996 | 11,249.8 | 2,171.6 | 682.7 | 491.9 | 190.8 | 1,488.9 | 320.4 | 1,112.4 | 56.1 |
| 1997 | 11,356.6 | 2,349.4 | 781.4 | 528.9 | 252.5 | 1,568.0 | 287.7 | 1,215.9 | 64.4 |
| 1998 | 11,640.5 | 2,405.7 | 756.5 | 508.9 | 247.6 | 1,649.2 | 296.3 | 1,293.6 | 59.3 |
| 1999 | 11,973.8 | 2,433.0 | 809.7 | 532.9 | 276.8 | 1,623.3 | 292.6 | 1,285.9 | 44.8 |
| 2000 | 12,390.5 | 2,373.7 | 811.8 | 519.8 | 292.0 | 1,561.9 | 295.8 | 1,224.5 | 41.6 |
| 2001 | 12,669.5 | 2,276.7 | 799.5 | 495.3 | 304.2 | 1,477.2 | 291.8 | 1,153.0 | 32.4 |
| 2002 | 12,995.9 | 2,314.5 | 820.4 | 497.2 | 323.2 | 1,494.0 | 283.9 | 1,177.6 | 32.5 |
| 2003 | 13,270.5 | 2,401.8 | 868.4 | 513.1 | 355.3 | 1,533.4 | 283.1 | 1,216.3 | 34.0 |
| 2004 | 13,493.6 | 2,453.4 | 944.0 | 559.4 | 384.6 | 1,509.5 | 275.9 | 1,203.9 | 29.7 |
| 2005 | 13,658.2 | 2,511.6 | 990.7 | 590.4 | 400.3 | 1,520.8 | 273.4 | 1,221.8 | 25.6 |
| 2006 | 13,986.3 | 2,498.0 | 992.8 | 584.9 | 407.9 | 1,505.3 | 263.0 | 1,214.0 | 28.3 |
| 2007 | 14,251.4 | 2,615.0 | 1,043.5 | 594.8 | 448.7 | 1,571.5 | 260.7 | 1,285.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 14,496.2 | 2,629.6 | 1,072.9 | 603.8 | 469.1 | 1,556.8 | 257.5 | 1,274.0 | 25.3 |
| First difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All paid employees | Self-employed | ||||||||
| Total | Incorporated enterprises | Unincorporated enterprises | |||||||
| Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Unpaid family worker | |||
| thousands | |||||||||
| 1976/1986 | 1,750.0 | 489.2 | 250.4 | 204.5 | 45.9 | 238.7 | 84.6 | 189.0 | -34.9 |
| 1987/1999 | 1,339.9 | 733.9 | 290.9 | 113.2 | 177.7 | 443.0 | -23.1 | 513.9 | -47.8 |
| 2000/2005 | 1,267.7 | 137.9 | 178.9 | 70.6 | 108.3 | -41.1 | -22.4 | -2.7 | -16.0 |
| 2006/2008 | 509.9 | 131.6 | 80.1 | 18.9 | 61.2 | 51.5 | -5.5 | 60.0 | -3.0 |
| Average annual growth rate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All paid employees | Self-employed | ||||||||
| Total | Incorporated enterprises | Unincorporated enterprises | |||||||
| Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Total | With paid help | Without paid help | Unpaid family worker | |||
| percent | |||||||||
| 1976/1986 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -3.0 |
| 1987/1999 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 2.7 | -0.6 | 4.3 | -5.9 |
| 2000/2005 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 6.5 | -0.5 | -1.6 | 0.0 | -9.3 |
| 2006/2008 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 1.7 | -1.1 | 2.4 | -5.4 |
Note(s):
The average annual growth rate is the compound growth rate calculated between end points of the period.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey, CANSIM table 282-0012.
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