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First difference of self-employment by type of business

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First difference of self-employment by type of business
  First difference
Unincorporated enterprises Corporations
1987/1999 2000/2005  1987/1999 2000/2005
  thousands
All Industries 490.8 -25.1 290.9 178.9
Goods-producing 30.4 -27.6 69.5 65.0
Agriculture -28.7 -30.4 29.0 7.4
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas -0.2 -4.2 3.4 9.0
Construction 49.9 9.7 26.9 38.1
Manufacturing 9.3 -2.6 10.1 10.3
Service-producing 460.4 2.5 221.5 113.8
Trade 28.2 -13.4 19.8 14.8
Transportation and warehousing 34.7 -12.3 18.5 5.9
Finance, insurance and leasing 49.1 21.0 14.1 17.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 121.7 16.7 74.0 31.1
Business, building and other support services 66.2 -6.4 20.2 1.9
Educational services 22.7 6.7 8.1 3.6
Health care and social assistance 51.5 6.0 21.1 12.4
Information, culture and recreation 21.7 13.5 9.1 8.5
Accommodation and food services 6.4 -5.0 18.0 6.9
Other services 57.9 -23.9 20.2 11.6
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.