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Distribution of employed people, by industry, by province
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| 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | N.L. | P.E.I. | N.S. | N.B. | |
| thousands | |||||
| All industries | 16,848.9 | 214.9 | 69.5 | 452.8 | 366.4 |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,736.4 | 45.2 | 17.3 | 86.7 | 83.1 |
| Agriculture | 320.5 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas | 316.2 | 14.7 | 2.4 | 12.6 | 11.0 |
| Utilities | 147.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Construction | 1,161.4 | 15.7 | 5.5 | 30.4 | 27.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,790.6 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 33.8 | 33.4 |
| Service-producing sector | 13,112.5 | 169.7 | 52.2 | 366.1 | 283.4 |
| Trade | 2,639.8 | 34.7 | 10.0 | 76.6 | 54.7 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 820.3 | 11.7 | 2.2 | 20.6 | 18.9 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,099.0 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 23.3 | 16.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,201.6 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 22.7 | 17.1 |
| Business, building and other support services1 | 656.5 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 23.4 | 19.8 |
| Educational services | 1,192.7 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 37.8 | 27.7 |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,955.0 | 34.6 | 8.0 | 62.8 | 50.0 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 776.7 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 18.3 | 11.8 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,055.9 | 13.1 | 5.6 | 29.3 | 23.4 |
| Other services | 788.3 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 19.5 | 15.8 |
| Public administration | 926.6 | 16.9 | 8.0 | 32.0 | 27.4 |
| 1. Formerly Management of companies, administrative and other support services. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 282-0008 and Catalogue no 71F0004XCB. Last modified: 2010-01-29. | |||||
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