Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada, seasonally adjusted

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Employment by class of worker and industry, Canada, seasonally adjusted


Table summary
This table displays the results of employment by class of worker and industry april 2012, may  2012, s.e., change from, percent change from and last month, calculated using last month, last december, twelve months ago and                                                    in thousands units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  April 2012 May  2012 S.E.Note 1 Change from Percent change from
last month last December twelve months ago last month last December twelve months ago
                                                     in thousands      
Class of worker  
Employees 14,834.1 14,818.5 34.6 -15.6 138.7 220.4 -0.1 0.9 1.5
Self-employedNote 2 2,660.6 2,683.9 24.7 23.3 9.0 -17.0 0.9 0.3 -0.6
Public/private sector employees  
Public sector employees 3,563.2 3,570.1 24.0 6.9 14.8 28.0 0.2 0.4 0.8
Private sector employees 11,270.9 11,248.4 36.2 -22.5 123.9 192.3 -0.2 1.1 1.7
Industry 17,494.7 17,502.4 28.6 7.7 147.7 203.4 0.0 0.9 1.2
Goods-producing sector 3,915.9 3,927.0 24.8 11.1 133.1 114.6 0.3 3.5 3.0
Agriculture 310.5 321.2 6.8 10.7 14.9 15.4 3.4 4.9 5.0
Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying,
oil and gas extractionNote 3		 383.1 378.9 7.0 -4.2 23.6 40.8 -1.1 6.6 12.1
Utilities 137.7 133.0 4.9 -4.7 -0.8 -13.5 -3.4 -0.6 -9.2
Construction 1,298.5 1,271.5 16.1 -27.0 6.6 13.4 -2.1 0.5 1.1
Manufacturing 1,786.1 1,822.5 18.6 36.4 88.9 58.6 2.0 5.1 3.3
Services-producing sector 13,578.8 13,575.4 32.9 -3.4 14.6 88.8 0.0 0.1 0.7
Trade 2,607.5 2,631.1 22.6 23.6 -31.0 -41.1 0.9 -1.2 -1.5
Transportation and warehousing 853.5 852.2 13.4 -1.3 2.7 24.5 -0.2 0.3 3.0
Finance, insurance, real estate
and leasing		 1,083.8 1,074.6 15.1 -9.2 22.3 -17.1 -0.8 2.1 -1.6
Professional, scientific and
technical services		 1,311.3 1,298.8 17.3 -12.5 -53.5 -9.7 -1.0 -4.0 -0.7
Business, building and other
support services		 681.2 672.1 13.5 -9.1 11.1 -13.2 -1.3 1.7 -1.9
Educational services 1,252.1 1,277.8 15.3 25.7 57.5 67.6 2.1 4.7 5.6
Health care and social assistance 2,110.4 2,106.4 18.1 -4.0 -5.4 16.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.8
Information, culture and recreation 816.3 789.0 14.2 -27.3 16.4 -4.3 -3.3 2.1 -0.5
Accommodation and food services 1,110.8 1,109.6 15.9 -1.2 -10.7 20.8 -0.1 -1.0 1.9
Other services 806.9 813.4 12.5 6.5 30.7 64.1 0.8 3.9 8.6
Public administration 945.0 950.7 12.3 5.7 -25.2 -18.8 0.6 -2.6 -1.9
Note 1.

Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).

Note 2.

Includes both incorporated and unincorporated working owners, self-employed persons who do not have a business and persons working in a family business without pay.

Note 3.

Also referred to as Natural resources.

Note(s): Related CANSIM Tables 282-0088&p2=38" title="CANSIM table 282-0088">282-0088, 282-0089.
1.
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months (see "Sampling Errors" in Data Quality for further explanations).
2.
Includes both incorporated and unincorporated working owners, self-employed persons who do not have a business and persons working in a family business without pay.
3.
Also referred to as Natural resources.
Note(s):
Related CANSIM Tables 282-0088, 282-0089.