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Employment by age, sex, type of work, class of worker and province, seasonally adjusted

Canada December 2004 Change from November 2004 - December 2004 Change from December 2003 - December 2004 Change from November 2004 - December 2004 Change from December 2003 - December 2004
  employment in thousands %
All ages 16,148.8 33.5 228.1 0.2 1.4
15 to 24 years 2,445.1 3.4 26.3 0.1 1.1
25 years and over 13,703.7 30.0 201.9 0.2 1.5
   
Men 8,607.2 12.6 149.4 0.1 1.8
Women 7,541.6 20.9 78.7 0.3 1.1
   
Full-time 13,175.6 41.2 258.4 0.3 2.0
Part-time 2,973.2 -7.8 -30.2 -0.3 -1.0
   
Employees 13,662.9 51.6 179.6 0.4 1.3
Public sector1 3,148.1 20.9 88.3 0.7 2.9
Private sector2 10,514.8 30.7 91.3 0.3 0.9
Self-employed 2,485.8 -18.2 48.4 -0.7 2.0
1. Those who work for a local, provincial or federal government, for a government service or agency, a crown corporation, or a government funded establishment such as a school (including universities) or hospital.
2. Those who work as employees of a private firm or business.
Source: Statistics Canada, tables 282-0087 and 282-0089.
Last modified: 2005-01-06

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