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Private sector employees: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Private sector employees. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Self-employment and public sector jobs by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 65.5 (Canada).

Lowest: 58.4 to 62.2 %
Group 2: 62.2 to 62.9 %
Group 3: 62.9 to 63.8 %
Group 4: 63.8 to 66.8 %
Highest: 66.8 to 67.9 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Alberta	67.9
2	Ontario	66.8
3	Quebec	64.8
4	British Columbia	63.8
5	Manitoba	63.7
6	Nova Scotia	62.9
7	New Brunswick	62.5
8	Newfoundland and Labrador	62.2
9	Prince Edward Island	59
10	Saskatchewan	58.4

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01: Employment by class of worker, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by private sector employees (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0027-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-private-sector-employees/

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