Workforce data, 2017

Workforce data, 2017

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Beginning with reference year 2013, the Nonmetals include Non-metals, Structural materials and Coal.
Since 2002, the Grand total includes the total value of Metals, Nonmetals, Structural materials and Coal only.

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Metallic industry

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NAICS / Year / Province or territoryFootnote3 Employees Salaries and Wages
Production and Related Workers All Other Employees Total Mining Other All Other Employees Total
Mining Other
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
number $000
21221 Iron Ore Mining
2015 2,849 409 597 149 231 137 3,677 695 481,381 110,217 83,505 675,104
2016 3,423 407 662 166 462 220 4,547 793 538,350 125,011 87,993 751,353
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,162 280 697 174 143 139 2,002 593 231,819 135,905 37,311 405,035
Quebec 1,619 134 0 0 124 23 1,743 157 334,082 0 25,640 359,723
Nunavut 744 23 0 0 233 48 977 71 51,043 0 32,691 83,734
Canada 3,525 437 697 174 500 210 4,722 821 616,944 135,905 95,642 848,492
21222 Gold and Silver Ore Mining
2015 9,871 345 254 85 1,566 565 11,691 995 1,062,028 29,258 253,163 1,344,449
2016 9,095 435 466 87 2,266 762 11,827 1,284 965,838 55,775 349,323 1,370,936
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Quebec 3,325 135 13 0 752 293 4,090 428 389,429 1,364 128,002 518,795
Ontario 5,440 377 100 2 1,347 499 6,887 878 661,456 10,866 170,458 842,780
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
Saskatchewan x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nunavut 279 28 163 85 244 46 686 159 29,923 22,904 38,105 90,932
Canada 9,440 578 276 87 2,423 866 12,139 1,531 1,113,675 35,134 357,311 1,506,121
212231 Lead-Zinc Ore Mining
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 465 8 0 0 35 10 500 18 55,095 0 5,054 60,149
2017 144 6 10 0 10 8 164 14 9,894 667 1,497 12,058
212232 Nickel-Copper Ore Mining
2015 4,051 135 260 107 988 255 5,299 497 358,352 39,373 118,527 516,252
2016 3,898 129 237 98 995 220 5,130 447 366,444 36,805 122,828 526,077
2017 3,795 131 243 114 950 249 4,988 494 373,285 29,904 126,094 529,283
212233 Copper-Zinc Ore Mining
2015 5,293 400 5 3 725 321 6,023 724 621,602 917 115,707 738,225
2016 4,972 423 26 1 848 358 5,846 782 623,522 3,198 112,647 739,367
2017 4,303 395 59 3 825 333 5,187 731 550,062 4,189 126,848 681,099
21223 Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining
2015 9,344 535 265 110 1,713 576 11,322 1,221 979,954 40,290 234,234 1,254,477
2016 9,335 560 263 99 1,878 588 11,476 1,247 1,045,061 40,003 240,530 1,325,593
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
New Brunswick 144 6 10 0 10 8 164 14 9,894 667 1,497 12,058
Quebec 1,119 59 213 115 200 99 1,532 273 152,555 27,455 39,842 219,852
Ontario 2,735 56 0 0 763 115 3,498 171 221,675 0 86,351 308,026
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
British Columbia 3,136 332 0 0 440 177 3,576 509 435,774 0 65,354 501,127
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Canada 8,242 532 312 117 1,785 590 10,339 1,239 933,241 34,760 254,439 1,222,439
21229 Other Metal Ore MiningFootnote1
2015 2,857 199 0 0 475 179 3,332 378 346,878 0 87,087 433,966
2016 2,216 187 0 0 382 123 2,598 310 296,306 0 70,737 367,043
2017
Quebec x x x x x x x x x x x x
Ontario x x x x x x x x x x x x
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
Saskatchewan 1,154 114 0 0 122 41 1,276 155 172,535 0 28,494 201,029
Canada 2,153 161 0 0 292 108 2,445 269 285,723 0 57,775 343,498
2122 Total Metal Ore
2015 24,921 1,488 1,116 344 3,985 1,457 30,022 3,289 2,870,241 179,764 657,990 3,707,995
2016 24,069 1,589 1,391 352 4,988 1,693 30,448 3,634 2,845,554 220,789 748,582 3,814,925
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,556 298 774 176 205 193 2,535 667 264,272 140,908 47,872 453,053
New Brunswick 144 6 10 0 10 8 164 14 9,894 667 1,497 12,058
Quebec 6,572 364 226 115 1,175 461 7,973 940 937,630 28,820 212,503 1,178,953
Ontario 8,652 443 100 2 2,175 631 10,927 1,076 933,951 10,866 266,311 1,211,128
Manitoba 838 58 0 0 334 153 1,172 211 84,761 0 52,925 137,686
Saskatchewan 1,379 138 0 0 162 53 1,541 191 192,002 0 43,564 235,566
British Columbia 3,136 332 0 0 440 177 3,576 509 435,774 0 65,354 501,127
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nunavut x x x x x x x x x x x x
Canada 23,360 1,708 1,285 378 5,000 1,774 29,645 3,860 2,949,582 205,799 765,167 3,920,549

Nonmetallic industry

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NAICS / Year / Province or territoryFootnote3 Employees Salaries and Wages
Production and Related Workers All Other Employees Total Mining Other All Other Employees Total
Mining Other
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
number $000
212314 Granite Mining and Quarrying
2015 520 10 0 0 50 18 570 28 30,786 0 4,676 35,461
2016 487 14 0 0 70 54 557 68 28,899 0 7,607 36,506
2017 538 14 0 0 72 58 610 72 31,387 0 7,597 38,983
212315 Limestone Mining and Quarrying
2015 2,051 75 14 0 142 78 2,207 153 117,898 525 19,724 138,148
2016 2,143 108 14 0 196 147 2,353 255 124,441 525 29,607 154,573
2017 2,217 146 14 0 221 165 2,452 311 140,825 525 32,850 174,200
212316 Marble Mining and Quarrying
2015 101 6 0 0 12 6 113 12 9,807 0 2,363 12,171
2016 113 6 0 0 16 7 129 13 10,110 0 2,478 12,588
2017 119 7 0 0 16 10 135 17 11,087 0 2,935 14,021
212317 Sandstone Mining and Quarrying
2015 215 2 0 0 21 11 236 13 10,503 0 1,839 12,342
2016 199 2 0 0 37 23 236 25 8,705 0 3,357 12,062
2017 133 62 0 0 37 24 170 86 8,620 0 3,277 11,897
21231 Stone Mining and Quarrying
2015 2,887 93 14 0 225 113 3,126 206 168,994 525 28,603 198,122
2016 2,942 130 14 0 319 231 3,275 361 172,155 525 43,049 215,729
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 243 6 0 0 25 10 268 16 14,073 0 2,310 16,383
New Brunswick x x x x x x x x x x x x
Quebec 728 99 0 0 118 104 846 203 47,664 0 12,638 60,302
Ontario 1,267 107 14 0 136 78 1,417 185 86,357 525 19,853 106,735
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
Alberta 181 2 0 0 24 11 205 13 13,305 0 4,038 17,343
British Columbia 428 10 0 0 20 40 448 50 22,810 0 5,286 28,096
Canada 3,007 229 14 0 346 257 3,367 486 191,918 525 46,658 239,101
212323 Sand and Gravel Mining and Quarrying
2015 4,481 194 4 3 468 416 4,953 613 297,319 352 61,096 358,767
2016 4,445 225 3 2 461 431 4,909 658 293,862 219 64,785 358,866
2017 4,388 253 24 0 481 423 4,893 676 293,158 1,220 66,056 360,434
212326 Shale, Clay and Refractory Mineral Mining and Quarrying
2015 212 6 0 0 38 13 250 19 12,769 0 4,803 17,572
2016 204 6 0 0 40 14 244 20 16,042 0 5,579 21,622
2017 209 6 0 0 37 16 246 22 12,810 0 4,452 17,262
21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
2015 4,693 200 4 3 506 429 5,203 632 310,088 352 65,899 376,339
2016 4,649 231 3 2 501 445 5,153 678 309,904 219 70,365 380,488
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia x x x x x x x x x x x x
New Brunswick 37 2 0 0 2 6 39 8 1,694 0 432 2,125
Quebec 335 3 0 0 50 44 385 47 16,773 0 5,435 22,208
Ontario 1,550 123 23 0 225 188 1,798 311 102,322 1,186 31,894 135,403
Manitoba 95 0 0 0 17 12 112 12 4,940 0 2,370 7,310
Saskatchewan 278 14 0 0 25 30 303 44 16,052 0 3,125 19,177
Alberta 1,561 93 0 0 134 90 1,695 183 109,644 0 17,650 127,294
British Columbia 664 20 1 0 58 55 723 75 48,162 34 8,298 56,494
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Canada 4,597 259 24 0 518 439 5,139 698 305,968 1,220 70,508 377,696
212392 Diamond Mining
2015 1,925 194 238 50 342 190 2,505 434 276,633 34,280 67,318 378,231
2016 1,291 162 222 36 205 68 1,718 266 211,209 40,027 45,305 296,541
2017 1,821 241 138 22 465 143 2,424 406 274,373 25,873 79,183 379,429
212393 Salt Mining
2015 1,198 35 2 0 162 60 1,362 95 111,110 142 18,348 129,600
2016 1,119 38 2 0 172 57 1,293 95 98,908 204 21,297 120,410
2017 1,232 37 2 0 178 65 1,412 102 114,531 136 22,713 137,381
212395 Gypsum Mining
2015 99 3 0 0 13 9 112 12 5,531 0 1,563 7,095
2016 x x x x x x x x x x x x
2017 x x x x x x x x x x x x
212396 Potash Mining
2015 4,227 218 211 16 799 275 5,237 509 548,856 34,230 140,001 723,086
2016 3,717 226 333 22 500 254 4,550 502 514,158 32,738 103,781 650,677
2017 4,326 267 95 2 595 299 5,016 568 563,750 13,830 119,471 697,050
212397 Peat Extraction
2015 1,040 114 87 7 129 92 1,256 213 44,346 3,703 11,889 59,939
2016 1,065 136 114 5 104 86 1,283 227 49,059 4,618 12,180 65,857
2017 1,013 133 93 5 175 132 1,281 270 53,454 4,206 19,616 77,275
212398 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
2015 123 3 3 1 34 25 160 29 8,349 179 5,872 14,400
2016 129 6 5 1 36 22 170 29 9,625 331 5,460 15,416
2017 x x x x x x x x x x x x
21239 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
2015 8,612 567 541 74 1,479 651 10,632 1,292 994,826 72,534 244,991 1,312,351
2016 7,334 568 676 64 1,019 488 9,029 1,120 884,347 77,919 188,484 1,150,750
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 162 8 1 0 30 15 193 23 11,285 88 3,480 14,853
New Brunswick 372 26 42 4 51 32 465 62 16,303 1,887 4,470 22,661
Quebec 753 60 43 2 266 119 1,062 181 46,407 2,010 39,429 87,845
Ontario 1,191 75 1 0 114 53 1,306 128 125,290 49 15,834 141,173
Manitoba 166 32 4 0 38 16 208 48 9,994 143 3,005 13,142
Saskatchewan 4,448 279 97 2 612 316 5,157 597 574,449 13,921 122,652 711,022
Alberta 153 42 5 0 17 26 175 68 12,288 258 3,288 15,833
British Columbia 24 2 0 0 9 4 33 6 2,582 0 1,705 4,287
Northwest Territories 1,266 158 138 22 309 83 1,713 263 219,069 25,873 53,050 297,992
Canada 8,549 683 331 30 1,449 666 10,329 1,379 1,018,179 44,229 247,091 1,309,499
2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
2015 16,192 860 559 77 2,210 1,193 18,961 2,130 1,473,908 73,411 339,493 1,886,811
2016 14,925 929 693 66 1,839 1,164 17,457 2,159 1,366,406 78,663 301,898 1,746,967
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 2 0 0 5 4 18 6 691 0 451 1,142
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 428 14 1 0 60 30 489 44 26,489 88 6,318 32,895
New Brunswick 521 32 42 4 69 48 632 84 23,417 1,887 6,441 31,745
Quebec 1,816 162 43 2 434 267 2,293 431 110,844 2,010 57,502 170,355
Ontario 4,008 305 38 0 475 319 4,521 624 313,970 1,760 67,581 383,310
Manitoba 304 33 4 0 59 32 367 65 16,972 143 6,166 23,281
Saskatchewan 4,726 293 97 2 637 346 5,460 641 590,501 13,921 125,777 730,199
Alberta 1,895 137 5 0 175 127 2,075 264 135,237 258 24,975 160,470
British Columbia 1,116 32 1 0 87 99 1,204 131 73,554 34 15,289 88,877
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Northwest Territories 1,266 158 138 22 309 83 1,713 263 219,069 25,873 53,050 297,992
Canada 16,153 1,171 369 30 2,313 1,362 18,835 2,563 1,516,065 45,974 364,257 1,926,295

Provinces and territoriesFootnote2

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Province or Territory Employees Salaries and Wages
Production and Related Workers All Other Employees Total Production and Related Workers All Other Employees Total
Mining Other Mining Other
Number $000
2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,880 828 285 2,993 247,690 125,011 36,502 409,202
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 451 1 89 541 25,558 73 6,359 31,991
New Brunswick 1,054 58 123 1,235 78,415 2,345 9,494 90,254
Quebec 8,586 646 2,001 11,233 942,276 66,492 230,763 1,239,532
Ontario 12,750 273 3,614 16,637 1,099,144 27,539 349,681 1,476,364
Manitoba 1,796 3 426 2,225 159,709 128 43,240 203,076
Saskatchewan 6,421 357 1,291 8,069 787,458 32,834 187,610 1,007,901
Alberta 3,769 5 344 4,118 326,053 236 57,379 383,668
British Columbia 7,100 1 1,317 8,418 848,428 32 134,177 982,637
Yukon x x x x x x x x
Northwest Territories 1,284 71 242 1,597 192,199 18,993 41,818 253,011
Nunavut x x x x x x x x
Total 46,232 2,502 10,334 59,068 4,794,631 299,452 1,165,191 6,259,274
2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,869 950 407 3,226 264,963 140,908 48,324 454,195
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 442 1 90 533 26,489 88 6,318 32,895
New Brunswick 703 56 135 894 33,311 2,554 7,938 43,803
Quebec 8,914 386 2,337 11,637 1,048,474 30,829 270,005 1,349,308
Ontario 13,408 140 3,600 17,148 1,247,920 12,626 333,892 1,594,438
Manitoba 1,233 4 578 1,815 101,733 143 59,091 160,967
Saskatchewan 6,943 99 1,319 8,361 830,301 13,921 184,646 1,028,867
Alberta 3,601 5 348 3,954 309,832 258 57,482 367,572
British Columbia 7,360 1 1,286 8,647 869,605 34 147,543 1,017,182
Yukon x x x x x x x x
Northwest Territories 1,424 160 392 1,976 219,069 25,873 53,050 297,992
Nunavut x x x x x x x x
Total 47,112 2,062 11,099 60,273 5,048,318 251,773 1,244,135 6,544,226

Note: Data from previous years have been revised to reflect updated totals. These tables exclude Oil and Gas Extraction Industry (NAICS 211). For the symbols and abbreviations used in these tables, refer to: Symbols and Abbreviations

Source: Natural Resources Canada