Table 5.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted

Natural resources and mining                 

(In thousands)

                                            Establishments gaining jobs           Establishments losing jobs
Year  3 months ended  Net change (1) Total    Expanding      Opening       Total    Contracting       Closing
                                           establishments establishments         establishments   establishments

1992  September             -1          37         29             8           40         31               9
      December              -2          35         28             7           38         29               9
  
1993  March                  0          37         29             8           37         29               8
      June                   2          39         30             9           36         29               7
      September              2          39         30             9           37         30               7
      December              -1          36         29             7           38         30               8
  
1994  March                  0          37         29             8           38         30               8
      June                   2          39         30             9           37         30               7
      September              0          39         31             8           38         30               8
      December              -2          36         29             7           40         31               9
  
1995  March                  1          40         31             9           37         29               8
      June                   1          39         30             9           39         31               8
      September              0          39         31             8           38         30               8
      December              -1          38         30             8           40         31               9
  
1996  March                  0          38         30             8           38         30               8
      June                   1          39         30             9           39         31               8
      September              1          40         31             9           38         30               8
      December              -1          38         30             8           39         30               9
  
1997  March                  0          40         32             8           36         28               8
      June                   0          38         30             8           38         30               8
      September              1          40         31             9           39         31               8
      December              -1          38         30             8           40         31               9
  
1998  March                  0          38         30             8           38         30               8
      June                   1          40         31             9           38         30               8
      September              0          37         29             8           39         31               8
      December              -1          37         30             7           39         31               8
  
1999  March                  0          37         29             8           40         32               8
      June                   0          37         29             8           39         31               8
      September              0          38         30             8           37         29               8
      December               0          39         31             8           37         29               8
  
2000  March                 -1          38         31             7           37         29               8
      June                   1          38         30             8           37         30               7
      September              0          38         30             8           38         30               8
      December              -1          36         29             7           37         29               8
  
2001  March                 -1          36         29             7           37         29               8
      June                   0          36         29             7           36         29               7
      September              0          36         29             7           36         29               7
      December               0          35         28             7           36         29               7
  
2002  March                  0          35         28             7           36         29               7
      June                   0          35         28             7           36         29               7
      September              0          35         28             7           35         28               7
      December               0          35         28             7           36         29               7
  
2003  March                  0          34         27             7           35         28               7
      June                  -1          35         29             6           34         27               7
      September             -1          34         28             6           35         28               7
      December               1          35         28             7           33         27               6
  
2004  March                 -1          35         29             6           35         28               7
      June                  -1          35         29             6           35         28               7
      September             -1          34         28             6           34         27               7
      December               1          36         29             7           33         27               6
  
2005  March                 -1          34         28             6           35         28               7
      June                  -1          35         29             6           35         28               7
      September              0          35         29             6           33         27               6
      December               0          36         30             6           33         27               6
  
2006  March                  0          35         29             6           34         28               6
      June                  -1          35         29             6           35         28               7
      September              0          34         28             6           34         28               6
      December               0          35         29             6           34         28               6
  
2007  March                  0          35         29             6           34         28               6
      June                  -1          35         29             6           36         29               7
      September              0          35         29             6           34         28               6
      December               0          35         29             6           34         28               6
  
2008  March                  0          35         29             6           35         29               6
      June                  -1          34         28             6           36         29               7
      September              0          35         29             6           34         28               6
      December               0          35         29             6           35         29               6
  
2009  March                 -2          29         24             5           40         33               7
      June                  -2          32         26             6           38         30               8
      September              0          32         26             6           34         28               6
      December               1          35         28             7           33         27               6
  
2010  March                  0          33         27             6           34         28               6
      June                   0          35         29             6           32         26               6
      September              0          34         28             6           32         26               6
      December               0          34         28             6           33         27               6
  
2011  March                  0          34         28             6           34         28               6
      June                   0          34         28             6           32         26               6
      September              0          36         30             6           33         27               6

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.