Table 4 
Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits1 by occupation,2 Canada – Seasonally adjusted 

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Beneficiaries receiving regular income benefits by occupation, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  July 2018 June 2019p July 2019p June to July 2019 July 2018 to July 2019 June to July 2019 July 2018 to July 2019
  numbernumbernumber changechange % change% change
All occupations 458,200 445,490 450,590 5,100 -7,610 1.1 -1.7
Management occupations 29,050 27,790 27,790 0 -1,260 0.0 -4.3
Senior management occupations 2,730 2,490 2,490 0 -240 0.0 -8.8
Specialized middle management occupations 10,070 9,120 9,080 -40 -990 -0.4 -9.8
Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services 10,140 9,950 9,960 10 -180 0.1 -1.8
Middle management occupations in trades, transportation, production and utilities 6,120 6,230 6,260 30 140 0.5 2.3
Business, finance and administration occupations 47,240 45,490 46,100 610 -1,140 1.3 -2.4
Professional occupations in business and finance 5,590 5,650 5,680 30 90 0.5 1.6
Administrative and financial supervisors and administrative occupations 20,800 19,760 20,040 280 -760 1.4 -3.7
Finance, insurance and related business administrative occupations 1,810 1,770 1,780 10 -30 0.6 -1.7
Office support occupations 13,010 12,230 12,350 120 -660 1.0 -5.1
Distribution, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations 6,040 6,080 6,240 160 200 2.6 3.3
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 24,260 23,860 23,860 0 -400 0.0 -1.6
Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences 6,580 6,560 6,530 -30 -50 -0.5 -0.8
Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences 17,680 17,310 17,330 20 -350 0.1 -2.0
Health occupations 6,930 6,320 6,310 -10 -620 -0.2 -8.9
Professional occupations in nursing 640 580 540 -40 -100 -6.9 -15.6
Professional occupations in health (except nursing) 580 510 530 20 -50 3.9 -8.6
Technical occupations in health 2,410 2,100 2,110 10 -300 0.5 -12.4
Assisting occupations in support of health services 3,300 3,130 3,130 0 -170 0.0 -5.2
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 46,660 44,590 46,080 1,490 -580 3.3 -1.2
Professional occupations in education services 13,020 12,410 12,380 -30 -640 -0.2 -4.9
Professional occupations in law and social, community and government services 4,540 4,790 4,860 70 320 1.5 7.0
Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services 10,080 9,600 9,820 220 -260 2.3 -2.6
Occupations in front-line public protection services 580 520 510 -10 -70 -1.9 -12.1
Care providers and educational, legal and public protection support occupations 18,440 17,270 18,510 1,240 70 7.2 0.4
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 8,430 8,420 8,150 -270 -280 -3.2 -3.3
Professional occupations in art and culture 1,710 1,640 1,660 20 -50 1.2 -2.9
Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,720 6,780 6,490 -290 -230 -4.3 -3.4
Sales and service occupations 69,670 65,630 65,540 -90 -4,130 -0.1 -5.9
Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales occupations 3,560 3,170 3,140 -30 -420 -0.9 -11.8
Service supervisors and specialized service occupations 13,670 13,310 13,350 40 -320 0.3 -2.3
Sales representatives and salespersons - wholesale and retail trade 10,080 8,800 8,700 -100 -1,380 -1.1 -13.7
Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations 17,740 17,470 17,320 -150 -420 -0.9 -2.4
Sales support occupations 6,590 6,060 6,030 -30 -560 -0.5 -8.5
Service support and other service occupations, n.e.c. 18,020 16,820 17,010 190 -1,010 1.1 -5.6
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 156,980 153,670 155,980 2,310 -1,000 1.5 -0.6
Industrial, electrical and construction trades 58,580 54,800 54,980 180 -3,600 0.3 -6.1
Maintenance and equipment operation trades 14,370 14,880 14,880 0 510 0.0 3.5
Other installers, repairers and servicers and material handlers 8,370 8,290 8,440 150 70 1.8 0.8
Transport and heavy equipment operation and related maintenance occupations 38,400 38,390 39,900 1,510 1,500 3.9 3.9
Trades helpers, construction labourers and related occupations 37,270 37,310 37,770 460 500 1.2 1.3
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 32,410 33,290 33,990 700 1,580 2.1 4.9
Supervisors and technical occupations in natural resources, agriculture and related production 6,730 7,330 7,540 210 810 2.9 12.0
Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production 13,220 13,210 13,430 220 210 1.7 1.6
Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers 12,450 12,760 13,010 250 560 2.0 4.5
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 34,880 34,600 35,360 760 480 2.2 1.4
Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and central control operators 2,480 2,200 2,220 20 -260 0.9 -10.5
Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers 9,900 9,890 10,230 340 330 3.4 3.3
Assemblers in manufacturing 4,980 5,010 5,100 90 120 1.8 2.4
Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities 17,510 17,500 17,810 310 300 1.8 1.7
p
preliminary
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0337-01 (formerly CANSIM table 276-0043).

Table note 1

Includes people who receive regular income benefits, whether or not they participate in one of three employment benefit programs, namely the Skills Development Program, the Job Creation Partnerships Program and the Self-employment Program.

Table note 2

National Occupational Classification 2016.
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