Employment + Labour Data

October 2019

PetroLMI gathers labour force data from Statistics Canada to compile the industry specific details outlined below. The labour force for Canada’s oil and gas industry refers to those 15 years of age and over who were employed or unemployed, and available to the labour market, specifically within the following industry sub-sectors: exploration and production (including oil sands), oil and gas services and pipeline transmission.

Highlights October 2019

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All data and figures were sourced from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS). Included are labour force, employment and unemployment within the following sub-sectors: exploration and production including oil sands, oil and gas services and pipeline transmission. Since the LFS is a sample survey, all estimates are subject to both sampling and non-sampling errors. As such, data availability and accuracy can be challenging for data subsets (e.g., by sub-sector and by province). Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.
For an overview of the labour force survey and definitions please visit: Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey

National Highlights

In October 2019, Canada’s oil and gas industry employed approximately 186,000 workers – reflecting a 0.1% increase (or 240) from September 2019. The services and pipelines sub-sectors both increased 1% (or 1, 100 and 100 respectively). The exploration and production sub-sector decreased by 1% (or -1,200).

Compared to October 2018, oil and gas employment is down 3% (or –6,400). Over the same period, the oil and gas labour force decreased by 4% (or –9,000). From October 2018, employment in the exploration and production and pipelines sub-sectors decreased by 3% (or –2,900) and 20% (or –3,900) respectively. The oil and gas services sub-sector increased by 1% (or 400). 

Of the 186,000 workers employed in the oil and gas industry, 177,800 were employed full time and 8,200 were part time. Most workers were employees (167,800) and 18,200 were self-employed. The oil and gas services sub-sector had the most self-employed workers, with 15,900.  

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