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Canada Data: Labor Force Survey - Employment by Industry>

Release for:                  May 2018
Source: Statistics Canada
Units in thousands except for rates
Seasonally adjusted                                     Lvl
                                      May-18  Apr-18    chg   % chg
                                                        m/m     m/m
Class of workers
Employees                            15761.9 15753.8     8.1     0.1
Public sector employees               3787.0  3774.1    12.9     0.3
Private sector employees             11974.9 11979.7    -4.8     0.0
Self-employed                         2834.3  2849.9   -15.6    -0.5
Total employed, all industries       18596.2 18603.7    -7.5     0.0
Goods-producing sector                3909.5  3938.5   -29.0    -0.7
Agriculture                            282.3   282.6    -0.3    -0.1
Natural resources{2}                   337.4   337.5    -0.1     0.0
Utilities                              143.2   140.5     2.7     1.9
Construction                          1420.3  1433.3   -13.0    -0.9
Manufacturing                         1726.3  1744.6   -18.3    -1.0
Services-producing sector            14686.7 14665.2    21.5     0.1
Wholesale and retail trade            2793.0  2789.9     3.1     0.1
Transportation and warehousing         986.7   974.3    12.4     1.3
Finance,insurance,real estate,rentl   1176.2  1164.3    11.9     1.0
Professional, scientific and techn.   1477.0  1460.0    17.0     1.2
Business, building and other support   759.1   766.8    -7.7    -1.0
Educational services                  1309.0  1306.2     2.8     0.2
Health care and social assistance     2373.9  2398.3   -24.4    -1.0
Information, culture and recreation    785.5   783.5     2.0     0.3
Accommodation and food services       1259.0  1241.4    17.6     1.4
Other services (except public admin.   795.2   807.4   -12.2    -1.5
Public administration                  972.0   973.0    -1.0    -0.1
Level and percentage changes calculated by MNI
--MNI Ottawa Bureau; email: yali.ndiaye@marketnews.com
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