Retail and health and social assistance workers account for 22.9% of the Canadian workforce, according to the latest data from the government agency, Statistics Canada, released Wednesday, June 26.
The retail trade sector had the largest employment share with 11.5% of the Canadian workforce, closely followed by the health and social assistance sector with 11.4%. The manufacturing sector was the third most important, with 9.2% of total employment.
The most common occupation for women was ‘retail salesperson,’ accounting for 4.7% of all employed women. This was followed by ‘administrative assistant’ (4.0%), ‘registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse’ (3.4%), ‘cashier’ (3.3%) and ‘elementary school and kindergarten teacher’ (2.9%).
For men, the most common occupation was ‘retail salesperson,’ accounting for 3.3% of all employed men, followed by ‘transport truck driver’ (2.9%), ‘retail trade manager’ (2.5%), ‘carpenter’ (1.7%) and ‘janitor, caretaker and building superintendent’ (1.7%).
(Graph: Statistics Canada)
More information:
Statistics Canada release – 2011 National Household Survey: Portrait of Canada’s labour force – here
Statistics Canada analysis – Canada’s Labour Force 2011 – here
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