Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Mining (except Oil and Gas) 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 -34 2,628 2,302 326 2,948 2,588 360 December -111 2,130 1,817 313 3,605 3,181 424 1993 March -264 2,316 1,996 320 3,605 3,021 584 June 166 4,055 3,572 483 1,979 1,662 317 September -22 2,852 2,556 296 2,740 2,422 318 December -118 2,226 1,947 279 3,374 2,977 397 1994 March -266 2,402 2,123 279 3,425 2,880 545 June 223 4,169 3,680 489 1,815 1,549 266 September 1 2,711 2,408 303 2,720 2,418 302 December -102 2,080 1,804 276 3,353 2,975 378 1995 March -235 2,472 2,197 275 3,173 2,663 510 June 179 3,855 3,409 446 1,937 1,670 267 September 39 2,597 2,301 296 2,749 2,492 257 December -121 2,123 1,866 257 3,307 2,929 378 1996 March -269 2,340 2,103 237 3,254 2,748 506 June 206 3,935 3,489 446 1,797 1,557 240 September 66 2,591 2,287 304 2,662 2,424 238 December -98 2,085 1,836 249 3,309 2,962 347 1997 March -203 2,452 2,179 273 3,123 2,647 476 June 208 3,918 3,485 433 1,723 1,498 225 September 26 2,586 2,318 268 2,654 2,412 242 December -119 2,073 1,837 236 3,229 2,874 355 1998 March -190 2,195 1,933 262 3,250 2,798 452 June 202 3,816 3,393 423 1,792 1,571 221 September -18 2,449 2,226 223 2,632 2,391 241 December -84 2,086 1,865 221 3,067 2,762 305 1999 March -213 2,191 1,957 234 3,257 2,810 447 June 172 3,644 3,237 407 1,860 1,625 235 September -24 2,314 2,053 261 2,732 2,447 285 December -35 2,036 1,779 257 3,108 2,816 292 2000 March -198 2,172 1,921 251 3,177 2,728 449 June 181 3,498 3,096 402 1,881 1,660 221 September -34 2,205 1,981 224 2,669 2,411 258 December -111 1,793 1,577 216 3,245 2,918 327 2001 March -195 2,273 2,006 267 2,923 2,461 462 June 207 3,573 3,154 419 1,707 1,495 212 September 21 2,270 2,021 249 2,531 2,303 228 December -101 1,864 1,661 203 3,024 2,720 304 2002 March -213 1,899 1,683 216 3,008 2,579 429 June 197 3,266 2,875 391 1,763 1,569 194 September -23 2,081 1,867 214 2,445 2,208 237 December -144 1,624 1,444 180 3,007 2,683 324 2003 March -260 1,760 1,570 190 3,069 2,619 450 June 227 3,459 3,066 393 1,497 1,331 166 September -25 2,117 1,928 189 2,273 2,059 214 December -71 1,681 1,498 183 2,764 2,510 254 2004 March -176 1,917 1,710 207 2,782 2,399 383 June 215 3,507 3,133 374 1,427 1,268 159 September -14 2,196 2,016 180 2,176 1,982 194 December -24 1,920 1,737 183 2,594 2,387 207 2005 March -158 2,059 1,827 232 2,852 2,462 390 June 204 3,636 3,290 346 1,329 1,187 142 September 26 2,157 1,968 189 2,235 2,072 163 December -71 1,943 1,775 168 2,709 2,470 239 2006 March -108 2,176 1,964 212 2,622 2,302 320 June 195 3,507 3,161 346 1,570 1,419 151 September -5 2,149 1,951 198 2,520 2,317 203 December -31 1,885 1,655 230 2,858 2,597 261 2007 March -160 2,132 1,902 230 2,906 2,516 390 June 192 3,400 3,010 390 1,716 1,518 198 September 20 2,060 1,854 206 2,505 2,319 186 December -69 1,746 1,546 200 3,007 2,738 269 2008 March -205 1,956 1,748 208 3,015 2,602 413 June 226 3,390 2,979 411 1,670 1,485 185 September -13 2,095 1,873 222 2,525 2,290 235 December -150 1,654 1,464 190 3,207 2,867 340 2009 March -264 1,554 1,370 184 3,429 2,981 448 June 205 2,993 2,590 403 1,903 1,705 198 September -49 1,904 1,712 192 2,426 2,185 241 December -106 1,454 1,265 189 3,014 2,719 295 2010 March -231 1,797 1,612 185 2,867 2,451 416 June 228 3,483 3,059 424 1,315 1,119 196 September -26 1,981 1,810 171 2,194 1,997 197 December -87 1,639 1,430 209 2,692 2,396 296 2011 March -191 1,950 1,750 200 2,634 2,243 391 June 289 3,496 3,046 450 1,289 1,128 161 September 19 2,120 1,934 186 2,026 1,859 167 December -108 1,672 1,489 183 2,676 2,385 291 2012 March -136 2,060 1,851 209 2,544 2,199 345 June 164 3,154 2,793 361 1,589 1,392 197 September -57 1,815 1,651 164 2,359 2,138 221 December -110 1,532 1,339 193 2,820 2,517 303 2013 March -151 1,820 1,613 207 2,677 2,319 358 June 174 3,190 2,822 368 1,482 1,288 194 September -35 1,873 1,711 162 2,118 1,921 197 December -138 1,528 1,339 189 2,754 2,427 327 2014 March -173 1,733 1,538 195 2,644 2,276 368 June 162 3,225 2,873 352 1,395 1,205 190 September 30 1,977 1,770 207 2,003 1,826 177 December -151 1,510 1,369 141 2,679 2,387 292 2015 March -113 1,747 1,556 191 2,625 2,321 304 June 134 3,049 2,755 294 1,411 1,251 160 September -22 1,716 1,553 163 2,107 1,922 185 December -125 1,328 1,199 129 2,644 2,390 254 2016 March -153 1,624 1,469 155 2,552 2,244 308 June 112 2,797 2,523 274 1,445 1,283 162 September -40 1,697 1,550 147 2,047 1,860 187 December -23 1,537 1,352 185 2,351 2,143 208 2017 March -98 1,857 1,673 184 2,204 1,922 282 June 135 3,000 2,716 284 1,297 1,148 149 September -13 1,804 1,653 151 1,948 1,784 164 December -110 1,523 1,377 146 2,403 2,147 256 2018 March -111 1,815 1,653 162 2,318 2,045 273 June 107 3,036 2,759 277 1,332 1,162 170 September -13 1,820 1,660 160 2,044 1,871 173 December -38 1,550 1,388 162 2,408 2,208 200 2019 March -115 1,780 1,586 194 2,337 2,028 309 June 136 2,906 2,616 290 1,388 1,234 154 September 18 1,828 1,658 170 2,012 1,860 152 December -66 1,543 1,373 170 2,464 2,228 236 2020 March -158 1,583 1,448 135 2,409 2,116 293 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.