Employment by selected commercial sectors in Canada by province

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Employment counts for Retail trade, Wholesale trade, Finance and insurance, and Professional, scientific and technical services, as well as total labour force, at the provincial level from the 2021 Census (25% sample data). Some categories omitted. Counts may not sum due to random rounding.

At a glance

Records: 13
Geometry: Polygon
Area type: Provinces and territories
Location: Canada
Country: Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Year: 2021

Columns (8)

Employment by industry sector4 columns of the same measure, compared side by side

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
Province Code	string	—	Standard geographic classification code for the province or territory.
Province	string	—	The name of the Canadian province or territory.
Total Population	integer	min 36,858 · max 14,223,942 · μ 2,845,537	Total Population (C0001), 2021 — the collection's standard population attribute for this geography, included on every statistics dataset. Where a selected attribute is itself a table total, prefer that one as the denominator for its own table: per-table disclosure control means totals from different tables can differ slightly.
44-45 Retail TradeEmployment by industry sector	integer	min 1,610 · max 798,090 · μ 165356.54	The number of the labour force aged 15 years and over employed in 44-45 Retail trade.
41 Wholesale TradeEmployment by industry sector	integer	min 100 · max 244,910 · μ 46945.77	The number of the labour force aged 15 years and over employed in 41 Wholesale trade.
52 Finance And InsuranceEmployment by industry sector	integer	min 105 · max 399,030 · μ 62709.23	The number of the labour force aged 15 years and over employed in 52 Finance and insurance.
Professional, Scientific And Technical Services Labour ForceEmployment by industry sector	integer	min 325 · max 681,235 · μ 120859.23	The labour force aged 15 years and over working in professional, scientific and technical services.
All Industries	integer	min 13,255 · max 7,186,695 · μ 1447960.38	The labour force aged 15 years and over across all industry sectors.

Data preview

Province Code	Province	Total Population	44-45 Retail Trade	41 Wholesale Trade	52 Finance And Insurance	Professional, Scientific And Technical Services Labour Force	All Industries
2021A000212	Nova Scotia	969,383	58,985	11,400	16,490	31,400	476,290
2021A000247	Saskatchewan	1,132,505	61,480	19,815	19,600	26,670	563,505
2021A000259	British Columbia	5,000,879	301,060	80,165	95,560	238,650	2,603,110
2021A000211	Prince Edward Island	154,331	8,960	1,395	1,845	4,280	81,950
2021A000260	Yukon	40,232	2,230	290	320	1,240	23,140
2021A000262	Nunavut	36,858	1,610	100	105	325	13,255
2021A000213	New Brunswick	775,610	45,920	9,265	13,155	19,215	381,500
2021A000261	Northwest Territories	41,070	2,020	285	280	965	21,925
2021A000246	Manitoba	1,342,153	72,205	18,970	25,885	32,425	665,880
2021A000224	Quebec	8,501,833	514,090	147,340	169,985	345,345	4,344,910

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