Employment trends, seasonality and cycles in Canada / : Tendances, saisonnalité et cycles de l'emploi au Canada

However, employment has not increased at the same rate in all industries because of the way the industries have been affected by changes in technology, demographics and consumer preferences, by international competition and by the value of the Canadian dollar. [...] Between 1987 and 2014, the average annual decline was especially pronounced in the cattle subsector (-2.1%) and the grain and oilseed subsector (-2.3%), although the latter has turned around since 2007, posting an average annual growth rate of 3.9%. [...] During this period, the natural gas distribution subsector posted an average annual decline in employment of 0.5%, and the water and sewer networks subsector posted an average annual increase in employment of 3.3%. [...] Table 2 shows the level of employment in 1987 and in 2014 and the percentage change for the main transportation and warehousing subsectors. [...] Over the course of the period that was reviewed, employment in the health care and social assistance industry grew at a steady, rapid pace (2.5% annually), which was greater than the average annual growth in the services sector (1.8%).