Employment + Labour Data

December 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 December 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 December 2019, Canada’s oil and gas industry employed approximately 180,000 workers – reflecting a 1.7% decrease (or -3,100) from November 2019. The services, pipelines and exploration and production sub-sectors all decreased by 1% (or –700), 9% (or –1,200) and 1% (or –1,200) respectively.

Compared to December 2018, oil and gas employment is down 8.9% (or –17,700). Over the same period, the oil and gas labour force decreased by 10% (or –21,300). From December 2018, employment in the services, pipelines and exploration and production sub-sectors decreased by 4% (or –4,000), 44% (or –9,600) and 5% (or –4,100) respectively. 

Of the 180,000 workers employed in the oil and gas industry, 172,000 were employed full time and 8,100 were part time. Most workers were employees (165,200) and 14,800 were self-employed. The oil and gas services sub-sector had the most self-employed workers, with 13,000.

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