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Table 3
Selected characteristics of employment in the largest gainers and losers by industry
| All industries | Manufacturing | Construction | Health care and social assistance |
Retail trade | Educational services | Professional, scientific and technical services |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | % | ||||||
| Men | 52.7 | 71.6 | 87.9 | 17.5 | 45.2 | 35.0 | 57.8 |
| Women | 47.3 | 28.4 | 12.1 | 82.5 | 54.8 | 65.0 | 42.2 |
| Full-time | 81.8 | 96.1 | 93.1 | 76.2 | 67.1 | 74.2 | 86.6 |
| Part-time | 18.2 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 23.8 | 32.9 | 25.8 | 13.4 |
| 50 hours or more per week | 9.2 | 4.5 | 18.6 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 11.8 |
| Usual hours per week | 36.5 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 32.3 | 37.9 |
| Working unpaid overtime | 11.4 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 31.5 | 19.3 |
| Permanent | 87.1 | 93.4 | 81.6 | 87.6 | 88.3 | 75.5 | 91.9 |
| Temporary | 12.9 | 6.6 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 24.5 | 8.1 |
| Union | 31.5 | 29.9 | 32.6 | 55.5 | 15.5 | 70.7 | 5.7 |
| 2005 | |||||||
| Working compressed week | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Working flexible hours | 36.6 | 26.5 | 41.4 | 31.7 | 44.9 | 34.2 | 42.0 |
| Working reduced hours | 8.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 9.9 |
| Employees receiving classroom training | 36.5 | 34.1 | 32.6 | 52.9 | 27.5 | 47.3 | 38.1 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey 2007; Workplace and Employee Survey, 2005. | |||||||
