Employment + Labour Data

August 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.

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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 subsectors: 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 August 2019, Canada’s oil and gas industry employed approximately 188,000 workers – reflecting a 1% increase (or 1,400) from July 2019. The exploration and production sub-sector decreased 5% (or –4,800). The pipeline and services sub-sectors increased by 6% (or 900) and 7% (or 5,300) respectively.

Compared to August 2018, oil and gas employment is down 1% (or –2,200). Over the same period, the oil and gas labour force decreased by 2% (or –3,100). From August 2018, employment in the pipeline sub-sector decreased by 7% (or –1,300). While the oil and gas services and exploration and production sub-sectors increased by 0.1% (or 100) and 1% (or 1,000).

Of the 188,000 workers employed in the oil and gas industry, 179,700 were employed full time and 6,700 were part time. Most workers were employees (170,000) and 18,000 were self-employed. The oil and gas services sub-sector had the most self-employed workers, with 16,500.

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