Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| December 2019 |
January 2020 |
Standard error1 | December 2019 to January 2020 | January 2019 to January 2020 | December 2019 to January 2020 | January 2019 to January 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,219.7 | 16,246.0 | 37.4 | 26.3 | 213.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Public sector employees | 3,880.6 | 3,901.9 | 22.0 | 21.3 | 107.2 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Private sector employees | 12,339.1 | 12,344.1 | 38.0 | 5.0 | 105.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Self-employed | 2,904.9 | 2,913.2 | 26.4 | 8.3 | 54.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,124.6 | 19,159.1 | 30.9 | 34.5 | 267.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,925.1 | 3,974.2 | 17.4 | 49.1 | 31.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Agriculture | 291.5 | 303.0 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 26.7 | 3.9 | 9.7 |
| Natural resources2 | 315.3 | 314.0 | 5.2 | -1.3 | -26.7 | -0.4 | -7.8 |
| Utilities | 133.8 | 136.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | -7.5 | 1.9 | -5.2 |
| Construction | 1,481.8 | 1,497.6 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 52.4 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| Manufacturing | 1,702.7 | 1,723.2 | 11.3 | 20.5 | -13.0 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,199.5 | 15,185.0 | 29.7 | -14.5 | 235.9 | -0.1 | 1.6 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,850.8 | 2,858.7 | 15.6 | 7.9 | 45.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,026.1 | 1,032.2 | 9.2 | 6.1 | -9.8 | 0.6 | -0.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,240.5 | 1,238.9 | 9.3 | -1.6 | 69.4 | -0.1 | 5.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,574.3 | 1,577.6 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 56.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| Business, building and other support services | 758.7 | 755.2 | 10.4 | -3.5 | -52.2 | -0.5 | -6.5 |
| Educational services | 1,389.4 | 1,390.3 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 42.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,530.7 | 2,514.7 | 11.8 | -16.0 | 53.6 | -0.6 | 2.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 764.8 | 764.3 | 10.7 | -0.5 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,244.9 | 1,242.7 | 12.0 | -2.2 | 16.5 | -0.2 | 1.3 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 805.1 | 797.5 | 8.5 | -7.6 | -14.9 | -0.9 | -1.8 |
| Public administration | 1,014.4 | 1,012.7 | 7.5 | -1.7 | 27.9 | -0.2 | 2.8 |
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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