Table 2 Total self-employed by class of worker

  October 2008 October 2009 Change Contribution to overall increase
'000 '000 %
Self-employed 2,655.5 2,770.5 115.1* 100.0
With paid help 874.1 872.5 -1.6 -1.4
Incorporated 614.7 635.6 20.9 18.2
Unincorporated 259.4 236.9 -22.5 -19.6
Without paid help 1,754.5 1,874.2 119.6* 104.0
Incorporated 485.5 477.2 -8.4 -7.3
Unincorporated 1,269.0 1,397.0 128.0* 111.2
Unpaid family workers 26.8 23.9 -3.0 -2.6
* significantly different from October 2008 at the 0.05 level
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, not seasonally adjusted.
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