 |
Employment in the trade, transportation, storage, communications and other utilities industries
| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| |
employees1 (thousands) |
| All industries2 |
11,619.6 |
11,823.2 |
12,199.6 |
| Transportation, communication and other utilities |
872.8 |
885.8 |
908.9 |
| Transportation and storage |
488.4 |
501.4 |
518.0 |
| Transportation |
462.2 |
475.4 |
491.4 |
| Air transport |
69.5 |
74.0 |
75.8 |
| Services incidental to air transport |
8.7 |
10.1 |
14.3 |
| Railway transport and related services |
48.4 |
50.1 |
51.9 |
| Water transport |
15.5 |
16.5 |
18.3 |
| Services incidental to water transport |
10.6 |
11.4 |
12.0 |
| Truck transport |
153.1 |
152.9 |
154.3 |
| Public passenger transit systems |
80.4 |
83.2 |
85.4 |
| Other transportation |
76.0 |
77.2 |
79.5 |
| Pipeline transport |
6.6 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
| Storage and warehousing |
19.5 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
| Communication and other utilities |
384.4 |
384.4 |
390.9 |
| Communication |
261.1 |
259.3 |
261.8 |
| Telecommunication broadcasting |
41.2 |
41.3 |
41.5 |
| Telecommunication carriers |
103.0 |
102.4 |
104.8 |
| Other telecommunication |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
| Postal and courier service |
114.9 |
113.4 |
113.0 |
| Utilities |
123.3 |
125.1 |
129.1 |
| Electric power systems |
79.4 |
80.2 |
82.1 |
| Gas distribution systems |
16.0 |
16.1 |
17.2 |
| Water systems |
6.7 |
7.6 |
8.0 |
| Other utilities |
21.2 |
21.3 |
21.9 |
| |
| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| |
employees1 (thousands) |
| Trade |
2,153.6 |
2,201.3 |
2,273.8 |
| Wholesale trade |
731.0 |
766.3 |
810.5 |
| Farm products |
12.3 |
14.4 |
16.9 |
| Petroleum products |
28.1 |
29.2 |
31.3 |
| Food, beverage, drug and tobacco |
114.4 |
116.9 |
125.6 |
| Apparel and dry goods |
19.2 |
19.4 |
20.3 |
| Household goods |
20.7 |
20.8 |
21.7 |
| Motor vehicles, parts and accessories |
68.4 |
69.6 |
71.2 |
| Metals, hardware, plumbing, heating and building materials |
117.7 |
123.8 |
133.5 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies |
233.9 |
246.0 |
258.1 |
| Other wholesale products |
116.3 |
126.4 |
131.9 |
| Retail trade |
1,422.6 |
1,435.1 |
1,463.3 |
| Food, beverage and drug |
481.7 |
488.5 |
496.7 |
| Shoes, apparel, fabric and yarn |
137.6 |
135.2 |
144.6 |
| Household furniture, appliances and furnishing |
80.0 |
82.9 |
87.0 |
| Automotive vehicles, parts and accessories, sales and service |
320.2 |
322.4 |
326.4 |
| General retail merchandising |
182.9 |
179.2 |
173.2 |
| Other retail stores |
220.2 |
226.9 |
235.3 |
| 1. Excludes owners or
partners of unincorporated business and professional practices, the self-employed, unpaid
family workers, persons working outside Canada, military personnel and casual workers for
whom a T4 is not required. |
| 2. Excludes agriculture,
fishing and trapping, private household services, religious organizations and the
military. |
| Source:
Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 281-0001 and
281-0005 and Catalogue no 72-002-XPB. |
| Last modified: 2003-09-29. |
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