Canada: employment level by occupation 2022| Statista

This statistic shows the total number of employed persons in Canada in 2022, by occupation. In 2022, about 1.87 million people were employed in management occupations in Canada.

Total number of employed persons in Canada in 2022, by occupation (in 1,000s)

Occupation	Employment in thousands
Sales and service occupations	4,264.5
Business, finance and administration occupations	3,272.7
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	2,707.7
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services	2,304.2
Management occupations	1,867.2
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	1,838.6
Health occupations	1,549.1
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities	812.6
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport	575.6
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations	374.3

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Figures represents number of persons who, during the reference week, worked for pay or profit, or performed unpaid family work or had a job but were not at work due to own illness or disability, personal or family responsibilities, labour dispute, vacation, or other reason. Those persons on layoff and persons without work but who had a job to start at a definite date in the future are not considered employed. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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