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Average weekly hours, for employees paid by the hour, by provinces and territories
| |
2000 |
| |
Canada |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
Prince Edward Island |
Nova Scotia |
New Brunswick |
| |
hours |
| All industries¹ |
31.6 |
31.0 |
29.5 |
29.7 |
31.7 |
| Goods-producing industries |
38.6 |
36.5 |
35.8 |
37.1 |
37.6 |
| Logging and forestry |
39.0 |
38.1 |
x |
35.6 |
37.2 |
| Mining (including milling), quarrying and oil wells |
42.1 |
45.3 |
x |
43.5 |
42.4 |
| Manufacturing |
38.9 |
36.5 |
35.7 |
37.7 |
37.9 |
| Non-durable goods |
37.5 |
36.0 |
35.3 |
37.2 |
37.0 |
| Durable goods |
39.9 |
38.3 |
36.3 |
38.7 |
39.1 |
| Construction |
37.1 |
36.1 |
35.9 |
35.7 |
36.2 |
| Service-producing industries |
28.8 |
29.4 |
27.3 |
27.5 |
29.4 |
| Transportation, storage, communications and other utilities |
36.1 |
33.8 |
31.4 |
38.0 |
34.9 |
| Trade |
28.6 |
27.9 |
27.0 |
27.7 |
27.7 |
| Wholesale trade |
35.4 |
34.0 |
36.6 |
35.1 |
34.7 |
| Retail trade |
26.2 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
26.0 |
25.8 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate |
28.4 |
27.9 |
30.8 |
27.0 |
29.3 |
| Community, business and personal services |
27.7 |
29.4 |
25.9 |
25.8 |
29.4 |
| Business services |
30.9 |
30.8 |
28.2 |
29.9 |
30.1 |
| Educational and related services |
27.7 |
26.3 |
19.9 |
37.7 |
27.0 |
| Health and social services |
28.8 |
33.1 |
31.4 |
25.7 |
31.6 |
| Accommodation, food and beverage services |
25.5 |
23.9 |
22.3 |
24.9 |
26.0 |
| Miscellaneous services |
26.1 |
25.6 |
21.9 |
24.5 |
25.6 |
| 1. Excludes agriculture, fishing and trapping,
private household services, religious organizations and the military. |
| Source: Statistics
Canada, CANSIM, tables 281-0004
and 281-0008
and Catalogue no 72-002-XIB. |
| Last Modified: 2004-09-06. |
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