Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2018 |
January 2019 |
Standard error1 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | December 2018 to January 2019 | January 2018 to January 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,894.4 | 16,021.8 | 36.7 | 127.4 | 355.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Public sector employees | 3,774.3 | 3,790.2 | 21.4 | 15.9 | 62.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Private sector employees | 12,120.1 | 12,231.6 | 37.0 | 111.5 | 292.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Self-employed | 2,912.8 | 2,852.1 | 26.6 | -60.7 | -28.1 | -2.1 | -1.0 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,807.1 | 18,873.9 | 29.6 | 66.8 | 327.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,969.5 | 3,937.2 | 16.7 | -32.3 | 0.6 | -0.8 | 0.0 |
| Agriculture | 283.8 | 274.9 | 5.3 | -8.9 | -2.0 | -3.1 | -0.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 344.1 | 339.5 | 5.1 | -4.6 | 7.3 | -1.3 | 2.2 |
| Utilities | 148.7 | 143.9 | 2.9 | -4.8 | 11.0 | -3.2 | 8.3 |
| Construction | 1,453.4 | 1,444.9 | 11.2 | -8.5 | 12.9 | -0.6 | 0.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,739.5 | 1,734.0 | 11.0 | -5.5 | -28.5 | -0.3 | -1.6 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,837.6 | 14,936.8 | 28.2 | 99.2 | 326.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,774.5 | 2,808.4 | 14.8 | 33.9 | -27.1 | 1.2 | -1.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,026.7 | 1,041.4 | 8.9 | 14.7 | 76.3 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,166.1 | 1,167.6 | 9.2 | 1.5 | -8.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,489.2 | 1,517.7 | 11.2 | 28.5 | 71.7 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| Business, building and other support services | 813.5 | 809.1 | 10.1 | -4.4 | 44.3 | -0.5 | 5.8 |
| Educational services | 1,340.8 | 1,347.8 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 58.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,456.2 | 2,462.3 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 93.4 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 759.8 | 760.6 | 10.2 | 0.8 | -39.5 | 0.1 | -4.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,246.8 | 1,232.1 | 11.8 | -14.7 | 14.5 | -1.2 | 1.2 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 805.8 | 810.3 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Public administration | 958.3 | 979.4 | 7.3 | 21.1 | 27.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-02 and 14-10-0355-02 (formerly CANSIM tables 282-0089 and 282-0088).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change in two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Also referred to as "Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction."
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