Table:
2001
2016
2018
change from 2001 to 2016
contribution to the change from 2001 to 2016

number
percent

manufacturing
1,977,618
1,482,131
1,552,714
-495,487
100.0

food manufacturing
231,063
221,653
238,085
-9,410
1.9

beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
34,925
37,252
43,069
2,327
-0.5

textile mills
26,122
7,621
6,985
-18,501
3.7

textile product mills
19,707
9,469
9,961
-10,238
2.1

clothing manufacturing
82,770
19,380
19,393
-63,390
12.8

leather and allied product manufacturing
9,480
3,265
2,568
-6,215
1.3

paper manufacturing
103,703
53,178
54,121
-50,525
10.2

printing and related support activities
83,347
49,081
49,871
-34,266
6.9

petroleum and coal product manufacturing
15,305
19,057
17,791
3,752
-0.8

chemical manufacturing
93,412
89,005
91,660
-4,407
0.9

plastics and rubber products manufacturing
125,248
97,934
99,552
-27,314
5.5

wood product manufacturing
135,758
92,281
93,631
-43,477
8.8

non-metallic mineral product manufacturing
53,719
49,935
53,745
-3,784
0.8

primary metal manufacturing
91,185
53,900
56,878
-37,285
7.5

fabricated metal product manufacturing
184,269
151,467
156,652
-32,802
6.6

machinery manufacturing
134,897
127,363
137,614
-7,534
1.5

computer and electronic product manufacturing
105,761
55,159
56,791
-50,602
10.2

electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing
48,723
32,677
34,249
-16,046
3.2

transportation equipment manufacturing
242,700
191,902
205,100
-50,798
10.3

furniture and related product manufacturing
98,601
64,744
67,101
-33,857
6.8

miscellaneous manufacturing
56,922
55,804
57,898
-1,118
0.2

Statement: from 2001 to 2016, the number of canadian employees working in manufacturing fell by roughly half a million, dropping from 1.98 million in 2001.
Question: from 2001 to 2016, what was the number of canadian employees working in manufacturing fell by roughly half a million dropped in 2001?
Answer: [1977618.0]