Table 6 
Employment by province and industry, seasonally adjusted 

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Employment by province and industry, seasonally adjusted
  March
2019		 April
2019		 Standard error1 March to April 2019 April 2018 to April 2019 March to April 2019 April 2018 to April 2019
  thousandsthousandsthousands change in thousandschange in thousands % change% change
Newfoundland and Labrador              
Total employed, all industries 230.3 228.8 2.0 -1.5 5.9 -0.7 2.6
Goods-producing sector 48.0 47.6 1.4 -0.4 2.0 -0.8 4.4
Agriculture 1.9 1.7 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -10.5 -5.6
Natural resources2 14.1 14.5 0.7 0.4 3.0 2.8 26.1
Utilities 2.9 2.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.7 -10.3 -21.2
Construction 19.9 20.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 2.5 1.5
Manufacturing 9.2 8.3 0.7 -0.9 -0.6 -9.8 -6.7
Services-producing sector  182.4 181.2 1.7 -1.2 3.9 -0.7 2.2
Wholesale and retail trade 34.4 34.7 0.9 0.3 -1.9 0.9 -5.2
Transportation and warehousing 12.2 12.5 0.6 0.3 1.4 2.5 12.6
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 7.6 7.5 0.4 -0.1 0.1 -1.3 1.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 10.7 10.3 0.5 -0.4 0.9 -3.7 9.6
Business, building and other support services 7.3 7.5 0.5 0.2 1.2 2.7 19.0
Educational services 16.4 15.5 0.5 -0.9 -0.3 -5.5 -1.9
Health care and social assistance 41.1 40.6 0.7 -0.5 1.3 -1.2 3.3
Information, culture and recreation 7.7 7.8 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.3 13.0
Accommodation and food services 17.8 17.4 0.7 -0.4 0.8 -2.2 4.8
Other services (except public administration) 8.9 9.1 0.6 0.2 -2.5 2.2 -21.6
Public administration 18.3 18.2 0.5 -0.1 1.9 -0.5 11.7
Prince Edward Island              
Total employed, all industries 77.0 77.8 0.6 0.8 2.6 1.0 3.5
Goods-producing sector 19.8 20.4 0.5 0.6 1.6 3.0 8.5
Agriculture 3.7 4.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 13.5 10.5
Natural resources2 2.6 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.3 3.8 12.5
Utilities 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 50.0
Construction 6.5 6.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 12.1
Manufacturing 6.8 6.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 1.5
Services-producing sector  57.2 57.4 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.8
Wholesale and retail trade 11.5 11.2 0.3 -0.3 0.1 -2.6 0.9
Transportation and warehousing 3.2 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 33.3
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 2.7 2.8 0.1 0.1 -0.1 3.7 -3.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 3.2 3.2 0.2 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -11.1
Business, building and other support services 2.4 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.5 4.2 25.0
Educational services 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.3 -0.1 5.9 -1.8
Health care and social assistance 10.8 11.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.9
Information, culture and recreation 2.2 1.9 0.2 -0.3 -0.9 -13.6 -32.1
Accommodation and food services 5.5 5.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -1.8 -6.9
Other services (except public administration) 3.1 3.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 16.1 16.1
Public administration 7.4 7.3 0.2 -0.1 0.9 -1.4 14.1
Nova Scotia              
Total employed, all industries 466.5 464.4 2.7 -2.1 7.5 -0.5 1.6
Goods-producing sector 88.4 87.3 1.6 -1.1 3.0 -1.2 3.6
Agriculture 5.5 6.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 16.4 16.4
Natural resources2 11.1 11.1 0.9 0.0 1.5 0.0 15.6
Utilities 3.7 3.8 0.3 0.1 -0.5 2.7 -11.6
Construction 33.1 34.2 1.0 1.1 0.6 3.3 1.8
Manufacturing 35.0 31.7 0.8 -3.3 0.4 -9.4 1.3
Services-producing sector  378.2 377.1 2.6 -1.1 4.5 -0.3 1.2
Wholesale and retail trade 82.0 82.4 1.4 0.4 3.5 0.5 4.4
Transportation and warehousing 20.6 19.7 0.6 -0.9 -0.8 -4.4 -3.9
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 20.9 21.1 0.6 0.2 -0.5 1.0 -2.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 27.7 28.3 0.8 0.6 2.1 2.2 8.0
Business, building and other support services 16.8 16.3 0.8 -0.5 -1.7 -3.0 -9.4
Educational services 39.5 38.9 1.0 -0.6 1.0 -1.5 2.6
Health care and social assistance 71.0 72.3 1.2 1.3 4.0 1.8 5.9
Information, culture and recreation 18.8 18.4 0.9 -0.4 1.1 -2.1 6.4
Accommodation and food services 34.6 32.9 1.2 -1.7 -2.4 -4.9 -6.8
Other services (except public administration) 17.0 17.5 0.7 0.5 -1.6 2.9 -8.4
Public administration 29.3 29.3 0.7 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -1.0
New Brunswick              
Total employed, all industries 359.6 355.7 2.3 -3.9 0.5 -1.1 0.1
Goods-producing sector 74.5 74.0 1.5 -0.5 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9
Agriculture 5.3 5.3 0.5 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -1.9
Natural resources2 8.9 9.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 9.0 9.0
Utilities 3.2 3.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -6.3 -9.1
Construction 24.8 25.3 0.9 0.5 0.5 2.0 2.0
Manufacturing 32.3 30.6 0.9 -1.7 -1.7 -5.3 -5.3
Services-producing sector  285.1 281.7 2.0 -3.4 1.2 -1.2 0.4
Wholesale and retail trade 52.3 53.1 1.1 0.8 -0.7 1.5 -1.3
Transportation and warehousing 18.8 18.7 0.5 -0.1 1.2 -0.5 6.9
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 17.0 16.0 0.5 -1.0 -0.8 -5.9 -4.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 16.2 16.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 -3.0
Business, building and other support services 15.4 16.5 0.7 1.1 0.3 7.1 1.9
Educational services 27.1 25.9 0.8 -1.2 -1.0 -4.4 -3.7
Health care and social assistance 59.7 60.6 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.7
Information, culture and recreation 14.1 13.3 0.6 -0.8 1.6 -5.7 13.7
Accommodation and food services 22.8 22.5 0.9 -0.3 0.5 -1.3 2.3
Other services (except public administration) 15.6 14.3 0.5 -1.3 -0.7 -8.3 -4.7
Public administration 26.2 24.8 0.6 -1.4 0.9 -5.3 3.8
Quebec              
Total employed, all industries 4,301.6 4,339.5 15.6 37.9 74.9 0.9 1.8
Goods-producing sector 875.7 876.2 8.6 0.5 21.8 0.1 2.6
Agriculture 57.5 58.3 2.9 0.8 4.2 1.4 7.8
Natural resources2 45.2 42.9 2.2 -2.3 4.6 -5.1 12.0
Utilities 26.6 27.5 1.3 0.9 2.6 3.4 10.4
Construction 248.3 253.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 1.9 1.9
Manufacturing 498.1 494.5 6.1 -3.6 5.9 -0.7 1.2
Services-producing sector  3,425.8 3,463.3 14.9 37.5 53.1 1.1 1.6
Wholesale and retail trade 664.0 680.1 7.6 16.1 20.6 2.4 3.1
Transportation and warehousing 228.5 233.8 4.4 5.3 15.5 2.3 7.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 235.6 238.7 4.3 3.1 7.9 1.3 3.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 354.2 344.0 5.7 -10.2 16.9 -2.9 5.2
Business, building and other support services 199.9 198.2 5.0 -1.7 6.6 -0.9 3.4
Educational services 299.8 301.8 5.8 2.0 5.3 0.7 1.8
Health care and social assistance 592.6 598.7 6.3 6.1 2.7 1.0 0.5
Information, culture and recreation 171.2 170.3 5.5 -0.9 -9.0 -0.5 -5.0
Accommodation and food services 251.2 247.8 6.2 -3.4 -31.5 -1.4 -11.3
Other services (except public administration) 180.2 189.4 4.1 9.2 7.7 5.1 4.2
Public administration 248.6 260.4 4.2 11.8 10.1 4.7 4.0
Ontario              
Total employed, all industries 7,370.0 7,417.1 19.9 47.1 204.8 0.6 2.8
Goods-producing sector 1,458.8 1,483.6 10.2 24.8 33.9 1.7 2.3
Agriculture 68.6 70.4 2.4 1.8 0.3 2.6 0.4
Natural resources2 36.6 33.7 1.6 -2.9 -1.2 -7.9 -3.4
Utilities 56.6 57.3 1.9 0.7 2.3 1.2 4.2
Construction 533.5 546.9 7.0 13.4 26.7 2.5 5.1
Manufacturing 763.6 775.4 7.4 11.8 5.8 1.5 0.8
Services-producing sector  5,911.1 5,933.5 19.4 22.4 170.9 0.4 3.0
Wholesale and retail trade 1,102.2 1,110.3 9.9 8.1 42.5 0.7 4.0
Transportation and warehousing 401.1 395.5 6.3 -5.6 28.7 -1.4 7.8
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 581.4 584.4 6.8 3.0 19.9 0.5 3.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 665.8 661.0 7.6 -4.8 23.6 -0.7 3.7
Business, building and other support services 309.4 308.3 7.3 -1.1 -8.7 -0.4 -2.7
Educational services 546.8 546.7 7.4 -0.1 38.4 0.0 7.6
Health care and social assistance 881.7 882.5 7.2 0.8 45.4 0.1 5.4
Information, culture and recreation 296.1 311.7 6.8 15.6 -13.5 5.3 -4.2
Accommodation and food services 449.4 460.6 7.8 11.2 -13.1 2.5 -2.8
Other services (except public administration) 302.3 298.7 5.3 -3.6 6.6 -1.2 2.3
Public administration 374.8 373.7 4.8 -1.1 1.0 -0.3 0.3
Manitoba              
Total employed, all industries 654.6 654.2 2.7 -0.4 7.0 -0.1 1.1
Goods-producing sector 155.6 154.1 1.6 -1.5 5.3 -1.0 3.6
Agriculture 25.4 25.5 0.9 0.1 -1.1 0.4 -4.1
Natural resources2 6.4 5.0 0.4 -1.4 -1.6 -21.9 -24.2
Utilities 6.4 6.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.9 -1.6 -12.5
Construction 51.8 52.6 1.0 0.8 6.5 1.5 14.1
Manufacturing 65.7 64.7 0.9 -1.0 2.5 -1.5 4.0
Services-producing sector  499.0 500.1 2.5 1.1 1.7 0.2 0.3
Wholesale and retail trade 85.6 86.0 1.2 0.4 -3.1 0.5 -3.5
Transportation and warehousing 43.8 43.3 0.8 -0.5 5.4 -1.1 14.2
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 34.4 35.0 0.7 0.6 -1.0 1.7 -2.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 28.8 29.0 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.7 2.8
Business, building and other support services 23.4 23.3 0.8 -0.1 4.1 -0.4 21.4
Educational services 50.1 49.7 1.1 -0.4 -3.2 -0.8 -6.0
Health care and social assistance 105.0 105.8 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.8 0.0
Information, culture and recreation 22.3 22.7 0.9 0.4 -0.8 1.8 -3.4
Accommodation and food services 42.5 42.9 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.5
Other services (except public administration) 27.8 27.7 0.7 -0.1 -2.1 -0.4 -7.0
Public administration 35.3 34.8 0.7 -0.5 1.4 -1.4 4.2
Saskatchewan              
Total employed, all industries 578.8 580.4 2.5 1.6 14.8 0.3 2.6
Goods-producing sector 147.8 148.9 1.7 1.1 3.1 0.7 2.1
Agriculture 40.2 40.9 1.0 0.7 3.9 1.7 10.5
Natural resources2 22.4 22.5 0.6 0.1 -2.4 0.4 -9.6
Utilities 7.4 7.2 0.3 -0.2 0.6 -2.7 9.1
Construction 48.1 47.6 1.1 -0.5 -1.2 -1.0 -2.5
Manufacturing 29.7 30.6 0.6 0.9 2.0 3.0 7.0
Services-producing sector  431.1 431.5 2.3 0.4 11.7 0.1 2.8
Wholesale and retail trade 85.8 87.0 1.2 1.2 -3.0 1.4 -3.3
Transportation and warehousing 27.2 27.1 0.7 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -1.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 30.3 29.5 0.6 -0.8 1.1 -2.6 3.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 27.9 27.4 0.7 -0.5 1.9 -1.8 7.5
Business, building and other support services 17.1 16.8 0.6 -0.3 1.7 -1.8 11.3
Educational services 44.0 44.1 0.9 0.1 2.6 0.2 6.3
Health care and social assistance 81.2 80.5 1.0 -0.7 2.8 -0.9 3.6
Information, culture and recreation 20.8 21.2 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.9 5.0
Accommodation and food services 38.5 39.7 0.9 1.2 2.4 3.1 6.4
Other services (except public administration) 27.3 27.7 0.7 0.4 2.2 1.5 8.6
Public administration 31.0 30.5 0.7 -0.5 -0.4 -1.6 -1.3
Alberta              
Total employed, all industries 2,328.4 2,349.8 9.9 21.4 26.6 0.9 1.1
Goods-producing sector 592.0 598.1 6.4 6.1 -9.2 1.0 -1.5
Agriculture 45.8 48.6 2.3 2.8 -4.4 6.1 -8.3
Natural resources2 152.0 153.5 3.3 1.5 0.2 1.0 0.1
Utilities 22.8 23.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 3.1 1.7
Construction 235.8 234.0 4.7 -1.8 -10.9 -0.8 -4.5
Manufacturing 135.7 138.4 3.0 2.7 5.4 2.0 4.1
Services-producing sector  1,736.4 1,751.7 9.2 15.3 35.8 0.9 2.1
Wholesale and retail trade 329.5 337.2 4.8 7.7 6.6 2.3 2.0
Transportation and warehousing 133.6 137.3 3.1 3.7 -0.6 2.8 -0.4
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 105.0 104.6 2.4 -0.4 -2.5 -0.4 -2.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 178.1 180.7 3.5 2.6 -1.1 1.5 -0.6
Business, building and other support services 94.9 91.2 3.0 -3.7 9.0 -3.9 10.9
Educational services 151.2 151.7 3.4 0.5 -7.5 0.3 -4.7
Health care and social assistance 283.2 287.4 3.8 4.2 12.6 1.5 4.6
Information, culture and recreation 72.1 73.1 2.9 1.0 -3.6 1.4 -4.7
Accommodation and food services 148.9 144.5 3.9 -4.4 -1.5 -3.0 -1.0
Other services (except public administration) 118.9 123.9 3.0 5.0 12.1 4.2 10.8
Public administration 121.0 120.0 2.3 -1.0 12.2 -0.8 11.3
British Columbia              
Total employed, all industries 2,555.7 2,561.6 10.3 5.9 82.1 0.2 3.3
Goods-producing sector 486.0 495.9 6.4 9.9 -8.7 2.0 -1.7
Agriculture 26.9 26.0 2.3 -0.9 1.7 -3.3 7.0
Natural resources2 47.4 49.1 2.0 1.7 -0.2 3.6 -0.4
Utilities 12.4 12.0 1.1 -0.4 -1.9 -3.2 -13.7
Construction 233.5 241.4 4.8 7.9 2.1 3.4 0.9
Manufacturing 165.8 167.2 3.6 1.4 -10.6 0.8 -6.0
Services-producing sector  2,069.7 2,065.7 9.9 -4.0 90.8 -0.2 4.6
Wholesale and retail trade 381.2 377.8 5.3 -3.4 11.0 -0.9 3.0
Transportation and warehousing 142.1 140.2 3.0 -1.9 5.1 -1.3 3.8
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing 156.8 155.9 3.3 -0.9 8.0 -0.6 5.4
Professional, scientific and technical services 225.8 225.7 4.1 -0.1 18.7 0.0 9.0
Business, building and other support services 114.3 117.8 3.5 3.5 19.5 3.1 19.8
Educational services 171.4 170.9 3.8 -0.5 4.0 -0.3 2.4
Health care and social assistance 314.8 309.5 4.2 -5.3 -18.3 -1.7 -5.6
Information, culture and recreation 136.2 136.1 3.8 -0.1 13.4 -0.1 10.9
Accommodation and food services 195.1 195.1 4.5 0.0 11.8 0.0 6.4
Other services (except public administration) 119.6 122.1 2.9 2.5 5.0 2.1 4.3
Public administration 112.6 114.5 2.2 1.9 12.6 1.7 12.4
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0355-02 (formerly CANSIM table 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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