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Who works in what, in every province, since 1987

39years on file, 1987–2025
11broad occupation groups
11geographies
10%of figures not published

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These are survey estimates, not a count of jobs. Statistics Canada surveys a sample of households and estimates the whole population from it, so every figure here carries sampling variability that is not shown on this page.

Source and full definitions: Table 14-10-0416 at Statistics Canada.

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For every occupation group, in every province, for every year since 1987: the labour force, the number employed, the number unemployed, and the unemployment rate — each also split by gender where Statistics Canada publishes it.

The interesting page is the one you get by picking an occupation and a province: Business, finance and administration in Canada is the shape of every one of them.

Employment in Canada over time

A broken line is a year Statistics Canada did not publish. It is not a fall to zero.

Employment in Canada, every year on fileTotal, all occupations, both sexes. A broken line means a year Statistics Canada did not publish — not a fall to zero.010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00019871991199519992003200720112015201920231987: 123331988: 12709.61989: 12996.21990: 13086.41991: 12857.41992: 12730.91993: 12792.71994: 13058.71995: 13295.41996: 13420.11997: 13708.21998: 140471999: 144022000: 14760.12001: 14932.32002: 15291.32003: 15660.82004: 159152005: 16123.52006: 16413.72007: 16756.82008: 16996.82009: 16755.42010: 16978.22011: 17219.62012: 17431.62013: 17667.72014: 17738.52015: 17857.22016: 17966.92017: 18372.22018: 18706.62019: 19070.82020: 18068.52021: 18964.12022: 19739.52023: 20334.82024: 20730.52025: 21028.7Source: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0416. Survey estimates.

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Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416).

Employment by occupation group

The broad groups, which together make up the total.

Employment by occupation group, 2025People employed in each broad occupation group across Canada. The groups add up to the total; they are not subdivisions of each other.Sales and serviceSales and service: 4497.6 thousand4,497.6Business, finance and administrationBusiness, finance and administration: 3367.6 thousand3,367.6Trades, transport and equipment operatorsTrades, transport and equipment operators: 3133.1 thousand3,133.1education, law and social, community and govereducation, law and social, community and gover: 2501.4 thousand2,501.4ManagementManagement: 2043.9 thousand2,043.9Natural and applied sciencesNatural and applied sciences: 1938.7 thousand1,938.7HealthHealth: 1713.1 thousand1,713.1manufacturing and utilitiesmanufacturing and utilities: 839.1 thousand839.1art, culture, recreation and sportart, culture, recreation and sport: 655.4 thousand655.4Natural resources, agriculture and related proNatural resources, agriculture and related pro: 338.9 thousand338.9Source: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0416. Survey estimates.

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Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416).

Unemployment rate by province

A province is absent where the rate was not published for that year.

Unemployment rate by province, 2025The percentage of the labour force that is unemployed. A bar is absent where the rate was not published.048121620Newfoundland and Labrador: 10.1Newfoundland aPrince Edward Island: 8Prince Edward Ontario: 7.7OntarioAlberta: 7.2AlbertaNew Brunswick: 7.1New BrunswickNova Scotia: 6.6Nova ScotiaBritish Columbia: 6.2British ColumbManitoba: 5.9ManitobaQuebec: 5.6QuebecSaskatchewan: 5.2SaskatchewanSource: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0416. Survey estimates.

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Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416).

Employment by gender

Men+ and Women+ as published. Years missing either figure are left out entirely.

Employment in Canada by genderMen+ and Women+ as Statistics Canada publishes them. Years where either figure is unpublished are left out rather than half-drawn.010,00020,00030,00040,00050,0002005 — Men+: 8578.92005 — Women+: 7544.620052006 — Men+: 8712.62006 — Women+: 7701.220062007 — Men+: 8855.72007 — Women+: 7901.120072008 — Men+: 8972.52008 — Women+: 8024.320082009 — Men+: 8742.52009 — Women+: 8012.920092010 — Men+: 8878.22010 — Women+: 810020102011 — Men+: 9057.62011 — Women+: 816220112012 — Men+: 9164.82012 — Women+: 8266.820122013 — Men+: 9283.72013 — Women+: 838420132014 — Men+: 9336.22014 — Women+: 8402.320142015 — Men+: 9405.22015 — Women+: 845220152016 — Men+: 94392016 — Women+: 852820162017 — Men+: 9669.22017 — Women+: 870320172018 — Men+: 9850.42018 — Women+: 8856.320182019 — Men+: 10030.12019 — Women+: 9040.720192020 — Men+: 95752020 — Women+: 8493.520202021 — Men+: 10010.12021 — Women+: 895420212022 — Men+: 10367.52022 — Women+: 9372.120222023 — Men+: 10703.52023 — Women+: 9631.320232024 — Men+: 10936.32024 — Women+: 9794.320242025 — Men+: 11104.82025 — Women+: 9923.82025Men+Women+Source: Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0416. Survey estimates.

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Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416).

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How many people work in each occupation group in each province, and how that has changed every year since 1987 — labour force, employment, unemployment and the unemployment rate, by occupation, province and gender.

Source: Statistics Canada — Labour force characteristics by occupation, annual (Table 14-10-0416) — Statistics Canada Open Licence. Data refreshes annual. Every page links the row it came from.

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