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Distribution of employed people, by industry, by province
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| 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Sask. | Alta. | B.C. | ||
| thousands | |||||
| All industries | 17,306.2 | 525.9 | 2,094.1 | 2,274.7 | |
| Goods-producing sector | 3,804.9 | 137.1 | 575.0 | 447.4 | |
| Agriculture | 305.6 | 39.5 | 51.8 | 26.1 | |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas1 | 337.2 | 25.0 | 154.6 | 40.1 | |
| Utilities | 139.8 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 12.8 | |
| Construction | 1,262.2 | 40.0 | 210.8 | 204.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 1,760.2 | 27.1 | 141.4 | 163.9 | |
| Service-producing sector | 13,501.3 | 388.8 | 1,519.2 | 1,827.2 | |
| Trade | 2,669.9 | 82.4 | 323.2 | 355.0 | |
| Transportation and warehousing | 843.4 | 26.2 | 107.3 | 124.1 | |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 1,083.4 | 30.8 | 100.1 | 139.4 | |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,309.2 | 24.6 | 163.5 | 182.1 | |
| Business, building and other support services2 | 677.0 | 11.8 | 73.2 | 94.2 | |
| Educational services | 1,219.4 | 39.2 | 127.4 | 167.1 | |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,091.5 | 67.7 | 224.9 | 261.3 | |
| Information, culture and recreation | 784.2 | 19.0 | 78.9 | 109.4 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,093.4 | 31.1 | 130.8 | 181.8 | |
| Other services | 758.7 | 25.7 | 105.1 | 103.9 | |
| Public administration | 971.2 | 30.4 | 84.8 | 108.9 | |
| 1. Also referred to as Natural resources. 2. Formerly Management of companies, administrative and other support services. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 282-0008 and Catalogue no. 71F0004XCB. Last modified: 2012-01-06. | |||||
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