Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, 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 -73 2,831 2,447 384 3,038 2,581 457 December -14 2,756 2,365 391 3,067 2,662 405 1993 March -21 2,738 2,363 375 3,034 2,638 396 June -138 2,791 2,469 322 2,989 2,529 460 September -54 3,066 2,717 349 2,818 2,415 403 December -30 2,883 2,534 349 2,870 2,491 379 1994 March -43 2,841 2,514 327 2,885 2,515 370 June -59 2,870 2,543 327 2,743 2,357 386 September -26 2,917 2,560 357 2,795 2,412 383 December -16 2,693 2,348 345 2,850 2,489 361 1995 March -24 2,923 2,601 322 2,671 2,325 346 June -89 2,654 2,356 298 2,928 2,541 387 September 23 2,794 2,445 349 2,811 2,485 326 December -40 2,750 2,429 321 2,811 2,450 361 1996 March -65 2,768 2,490 278 2,742 2,399 343 June -51 2,708 2,411 297 2,717 2,369 348 September 56 2,789 2,431 358 2,718 2,416 302 December -20 2,700 2,389 311 2,810 2,479 331 1997 March -3 2,900 2,580 320 2,634 2,311 323 June -37 2,698 2,409 289 2,605 2,279 326 September 9 2,780 2,464 316 2,712 2,405 307 December -44 2,686 2,391 295 2,744 2,405 339 1998 March 0 2,595 2,288 307 2,750 2,443 307 June -37 2,628 2,345 283 2,710 2,390 320 September -43 2,629 2,366 263 2,690 2,384 306 December -15 2,704 2,428 276 2,603 2,312 291 1999 March -31 2,589 2,317 272 2,757 2,454 303 June -72 2,505 2,236 269 2,813 2,472 341 September -56 2,487 2,182 305 2,799 2,438 361 December 38 2,630 2,314 316 2,633 2,355 278 2000 March -16 2,561 2,273 288 2,683 2,379 304 June -58 2,399 2,138 261 2,840 2,521 319 September -65 2,359 2,099 260 2,725 2,400 325 December -46 2,309 2,045 264 2,746 2,436 310 2001 March -11 2,668 2,367 301 2,456 2,144 312 June -29 2,450 2,173 277 2,576 2,270 306 September -1 2,426 2,139 287 2,583 2,295 288 December -43 2,407 2,161 246 2,560 2,271 289 2002 March -52 2,226 1,988 238 2,540 2,250 290 June -26 2,240 1,985 255 2,665 2,384 281 September -62 2,220 1,983 237 2,498 2,199 299 December -96 2,083 1,873 210 2,548 2,242 306 2003 March -95 2,064 1,857 207 2,584 2,282 302 June 17 2,373 2,117 256 2,259 2,020 239 September -58 2,257 2,046 211 2,319 2,050 269 December -23 2,158 1,942 216 2,336 2,097 239 2004 March -36 2,239 2,018 221 2,349 2,092 257 June 11 2,403 2,164 239 2,150 1,922 228 September -52 2,327 2,137 190 2,216 1,974 242 December 26 2,472 2,251 221 2,191 1,996 195 2005 March -2 2,420 2,159 261 2,411 2,148 263 June 26 2,499 2,271 228 2,006 1,804 202 September 7 2,302 2,091 211 2,269 2,065 204 December -25 2,505 2,305 200 2,290 2,065 225 2006 March 28 2,559 2,316 243 2,223 2,008 215 June -1 2,389 2,173 216 2,377 2,160 217 September -33 2,296 2,074 222 2,565 2,310 255 December 26 2,438 2,167 271 2,410 2,165 245 2007 March 4 2,511 2,245 266 2,456 2,194 262 June -36 2,318 2,068 250 2,599 2,313 286 September 1 2,210 1,974 236 2,550 2,315 235 December -20 2,262 2,027 235 2,540 2,285 255 2008 March -42 2,302 2,065 237 2,548 2,269 279 June 1 2,314 2,048 266 2,527 2,262 265 September -39 2,252 1,993 259 2,585 2,287 298 December -95 2,142 1,915 227 2,717 2,395 322 2009 March -93 1,829 1,619 210 2,903 2,600 303 June -21 2,044 1,781 263 2,882 2,598 284 September -90 2,042 1,825 217 2,488 2,181 307 December -52 1,888 1,659 229 2,551 2,270 281 2010 March -69 2,114 1,901 213 2,420 2,138 282 June -8 2,381 2,105 276 1,990 1,706 284 September -53 2,121 1,925 196 2,242 1,993 249 December -32 2,123 1,874 249 2,281 2,000 281 2011 March -33 2,296 2,072 224 2,204 1,947 257 June 60 2,369 2,089 280 1,927 1,707 220 September -2 2,254 2,040 214 2,088 1,872 216 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.