Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| September 2020 |
October 2020 |
Standard error1 | September to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 2020 | September to October 2020 | October 2019 to October 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 15,735.5 | 15,786.2 | 43.5 | 50.7 | -444.4 | 0.3 | -2.7 |
| Public sector employees | 3,954.0 | 3,928.4 | 24.1 | -25.6 | 25.6 | -0.6 | 0.7 |
| Private sector employees | 11,781.5 | 11,857.8 | 43.3 | 76.3 | -470.0 | 0.6 | -3.8 |
| Self-employed | 2,734.5 | 2,767.3 | 28.9 | 32.8 | -153.7 | 1.2 | -5.3 |
| Total employed, all industries | 18,469.9 | 18,553.5 | 37.0 | 83.6 | -598.2 | 0.5 | -3.1 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,808.7 | 3,826.3 | 19.7 | 17.6 | -104.2 | 0.5 | -2.7 |
| Agriculture | 272.2 | 273.2 | 5.4 | 1.0 | -18.6 | 0.4 | -6.4 |
| Natural resources2 | 298.8 | 310.6 | 5.5 | 11.8 | -11.1 | 3.9 | -3.5 |
| Utilities | 143.6 | 144.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Construction | 1,369.4 | 1,377.8 | 13.8 | 8.4 | -85.6 | 0.6 | -5.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,724.7 | 1,720.4 | 13.0 | -4.3 | 1.7 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| Services-producing sector | 14,661.2 | 14,727.2 | 35.0 | 66.0 | -494.0 | 0.5 | -3.2 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,755.5 | 2,800.8 | 18.5 | 45.3 | -45.3 | 1.6 | -1.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 950.7 | 946.7 | 10.4 | -4.0 | -88.2 | -0.4 | -8.5 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,240.8 | 1,255.8 | 10.1 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,572.3 | 1,614.1 | 13.2 | 41.8 | 37.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Business, building and other support services | 703.9 | 702.3 | 11.2 | -1.6 | -54.1 | -0.2 | -7.2 |
| Educational services | 1,421.3 | 1,424.7 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 31.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,479.5 | 2,497.0 | 13.9 | 17.5 | -27.6 | 0.7 | -1.1 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 734.1 | 722.8 | 11.6 | -11.3 | -42.5 | -1.5 | -5.6 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,041.3 | 993.1 | 14.4 | -48.2 | -239.7 | -4.6 | -19.4 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 760.0 | 763.5 | 10.0 | 3.5 | -42.1 | 0.5 | -5.2 |
| Public administration | 1,001.8 | 1,006.4 | 8.0 | 4.6 | -43.0 | 0.5 | -4.1 |
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 between 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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