Employment + Labour Data

August 2020

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 August 2020

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National Highlights

In August 2020, Canada’s oil and gas industry employed approximately 158,700 workers – reflecting a 1% increase (or 1,200) from July 2020. Employment in the exploration and production sub-sector rose by 1.4% (or 1,200), while there was little change in the services and pipelines sub-sectors. 

Compared to August 2019, oil and gas employment is down 15% (or –29,000). Over the same period, the oil and gas labour force decreased by 5.5% (or –10,800). From August 2019, employment in the services, pipelines and exploration and production sub-sectors decreased by 29% (or –23,400), 32% (or –5,100) and 1% (or –500) respectively.  

Of the 158,700 workers employed in the oil and gas industry, 153,700 were employed full time and 3,900 were part time. Most workers were employees (147,700) and 11,100 were self-employed. The oil and gas services sub-sector had the most self-employed workers, with 8,200.

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

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