Employment + Labour Data

May 2021

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 May 2021

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National Highlights

In May 2021, Canada’s oil and gas industry employed approximately 183,660 workers – reflecting a 1.5% increase (or 2,700) from April. Employment in the exploration and production, services and pipelines sub-sectors increased by 1.1% (or 1,100), 2.2% (or 1,300) and 1.7% (or 300) respectively.

Compared to May 2020, oil and gas employment is up 15.6% (or 24,700). Over the same period, the oil and gas labour force increased by 8.7% (or 15,780). From May 2020, employment in the services sub-sector decreased by 19.8% (or –9,200) while the exploration and production and pipelines sub-sectors increased by 27.9% (or 19,200) and 54.5% (or 4,800) respectively.

Of the 183,660 workers employed in the oil and gas industry, 176,200 were employed full time and 7,400 were part time. Most workers were employees (169,200) and 14,650 were self-employed. The oil and gas services sub-sector had the most self-employed workers, with 11,400.

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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