Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
| February 2022 |
March 2022 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2022 | March 2021 to March 2022 | February to March 2022 | March 2021 to March 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
| Class of worker | |||||||
| Employees | 16,879.2 | 16,920.7 | 45.8 | 41.5 | 809.4 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| Public sector employees | 4,208.1 | 4,210.4 | 26.9 | 2.3 | 161.0 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| Private sector employees | 12,671.2 | 12,710.2 | 45.8 | 39.0 | 648.4 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| Self-employed | 2,633.4 | 2,664.5 | 32.0 | 31.1 | -58.7 | 1.2 | -2.2 |
| Total employed, all industries | 19,512.7 | 19,585.2 | 37.8 | 72.5 | 750.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,992.2 | 4,022.8 | 20.7 | 30.6 | 75.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Agriculture | 240.9 | 246.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | -17.5 | 2.4 | -6.6 |
| Natural resources2 | 329.9 | 338.7 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| Utilities | 145.0 | 144.0 | 3.3 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.3 |
| Construction | 1,519.9 | 1,533.9 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 70.6 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Manufacturing | 1,756.5 | 1,759.6 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Services-producing sector | 15,520.5 | 15,562.4 | 36.7 | 41.9 | 675.1 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,965.3 | 2,975.3 | 20.1 | 10.0 | 128.7 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,020.8 | 1,011.0 | 11.5 | -9.8 | 36.7 | -1.0 | 3.8 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,336.6 | 1,341.6 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 58.0 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,765.0 | 1,754.5 | 14.6 | -10.5 | 119.9 | -0.6 | 7.3 |
| Business, building and other support services | 699.3 | 708.0 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Educational services | 1,477.0 | 1,475.3 | 13.6 | -1.7 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,639.8 | 2,634.6 | 15.1 | -5.2 | 84.2 | -0.2 | 3.3 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 807.7 | 812.1 | 13.1 | 4.4 | 95.6 | 0.5 | 13.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,015.6 | 1,030.6 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 108.6 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 709.0 | 723.1 | 11.2 | 14.1 | -32.5 | 2.0 | -4.3 |
| Public administration | 1,084.5 | 1,096.2 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 7.2 |
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.
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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