Workforce data, 2018

Workforce data, 2018

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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
2016 3,423 407 662 166 462 220 4,547 793 538,350 125,011 87,993 751,353
2017 3,525 437 697 174 500 210 4,722 821 616,944 135,905 95,642 848,492
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 931 232 660 165 57 106 1,648 503 201,917 140,731 25,085 367,733
Quebec 2,214 176 35 1 186 49 2,435 226 401,803 5,134 34,831 441,767
Nunavut 656 32 0 0 183 59 839 91 75,591 0 35,225 110,817
Canada 3,801 440 695 166 426 214 4,922 820 679,311 145,865 95,141 920,317
21222 Gold and Silver Ore Mining
2016 9,095 435 466 87 2,266 762 11,827 1,284 965,838 55,775 349,323 1,370,936
2017 9,440 578 276 87 2,423 866 12,139 1,531 1,113,675 35,134 357,311 1,506,121
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 47 4 0 0 8 5 55 9 4,173 0 1,337 5,509
Nova Scotia x x x x x x x x x x x x
Quebec 3,528 141 132 28 901 293 4,561 462 411,931 16,394 154,142 582,467
Ontario 6,040 468 87 3 1,574 559 7,701 1,030 702,281 10,445 190,539 903,265
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
Saskatchewan 275 18 0 0 14 28 289 46 25,458 0 9,902 35,360
British Columbia x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nunavut 379 35 230 106 254 88 863 229 43,806 34,422 48,625 126,853
Canada 10,657 693 449 137 3,218 1,010 14,324 1,840 1,225,777 61,261 450,879 1,737,916
212231 Lead-Zinc Ore Mining
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
2018 439 32 0 0 32 27 471 59 40,599 0 5,872 46,471
212232 Nickel-Copper Ore Mining
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
2018 4,165 186 187 103 946 245 5,298 534 412,818 30,569 125,570 568,956
212233 Copper-Zinc Ore Mining
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
2018 4,296 465 7 1 757 329 5,060 795 564,431 827 122,624 687,881
21223 Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining
2016 9,335 560 263 99 1,878 588 11,476 1,247 1,045,061 40,003 240,530 1,325,593
2017 8,242 532 312 117 1,785 590 10,339 1,239 933,241 34,760 254,439 1,222,439
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
New Brunswick 237 16 0 0 13 11 250 27 19,915 0 2,084 21,999
Quebec 1,304 105 163 104 176 104 1,643 313 187,539 28,608 41,489 257,637
Ontario 2,782 60 0 0 767 116 3,549 176 229,088 0 87,903 316,991
Manitoba 657 41 0 0 304 135 961 176 71,976 0 47,198 119,174
British Columbia 3,445 425 0 0 420 196 3,865 621 463,528 0 65,877 529,405
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Canada 8,900 683 194 104 1,735 601 10,829 1,388 1,017,848 31,395 254,066 1,303,309
21229 Other Metal Ore MiningFootnote1
2016 2,216 187 0 0 382 123 2,598 310 296,306 0 70,737 367,043
2017 2,153 161 0 0 292 108 2,445 269 285,723 0 57,775 343,498
2018
Quebec 546 38 0 0 108 51 654 89 73,543 0 20,063 93,606
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 555 89 0 0 47 17 602 106 77,859 0 8,552 86,411
Canada 1,642 141 0 0 271 100 1,913 241 211,121 0 41,219 252,340
2122 Total Metal Ore
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 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
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,425 263 685 165 109 148 2,219 576 246,951 142,737 33,859 423,546
Nova Scotia x x x x x x x x x x x x
New Brunswick 237 16 0 0 13 11 250 27 19,915 0 2,084 21,999
Quebec 7,592 460 330 133 1,371 497 9,293 1,090 1,074,816 50,135 250,525 1,375,477
Ontario 9,351 541 87 3 2,452 703 11,890 1,247 990,344 10,445 290,346 1,291,135
Manitoba 733 47 0 0 327 145 1,060 192 77,523 0 50,129 127,652
Saskatchewan 830 107 0 0 61 45 891 152 103,317 0 18,454 121,770
British Columbia 3,695 425 0 0 823 196 4,518 621 486,028 0 103,377 589,405
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nunavut 1,035 67 230 106 437 147 1,702 320 119,397 34,422 83,851 237,670
Canada 25,000 1,957 1,338 407 5,650 1,925 31,988 4,289 3,134,056 238,521 841,305 4,213,882

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
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
2018 456 14 0 0 56 54 512 68 25,664 0 6,701 32,365
212315 Limestone Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 1,979 142 14 0 222 156 2,215 298 133,844 525 30,523 164,892
212316 Marble Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 126 4 0 0 21 8 147 12 11,789 0 2,789 14,577
212317 Sandstone Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 239 7 0 0 31 25 270 32 10,740 0 2,955 13,695
21231 Stone Mining and Quarrying
2016 2,942 130 14 0 319 231 3,275 361 172,155 525 43,049 215,729
2017 3,007 229 14 0 346 257 3,367 486 191,918 525 46,658 239,101
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 243 7 0 0 24 9 267 16 14,259 0 2,320 16,580
New Brunswick 117 4 0 0 14 10 131 14 5,612 0 1,484 7,096
Quebec 744 35 0 0 114 112 858 147 45,024 0 12,018 57,041
Ontario 1,165 97 14 0 127 65 1,306 162 80,888 525 18,013 99,426
Manitoba x x x x x x x x x x x x
Alberta 278 4 0 0 31 13 309 17 20,723 0 4,929 25,652
British Columbia 212 18 0 0 12 28 224 46 13,251 0 3,029 16,280
Canada 2,800 167 14 0 330 243 3,144 410 182,037 525 42,968 225,529
212323 Sand and Gravel Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 3,850 340 22 1 698 512 4,570 853 282,708 1,341 85,367 369,416
212326 Shale, Clay and Refractory Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 213 9 0 0 44 19 257 28 16,884 0 5,510 22,394
21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
2016 4,649 231 3 2 501 445 5,153 678 309,904 219 70,365 380,488
2017 4,597 259 24 0 518 439 5,139 698 305,968 1,220 70,508 377,696
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 14 0 0 0 7 4 21 4 739 0 541 1,281
New Brunswick 30 2 0 0 6 3 36 5 1,644 0 451 2,095
Quebec 286 8 0 0 32 57 318 65 13,926 0 4,892 18,817
Ontario 1,751 117 11 1 349 228 2,111 346 125,932 999 44,566 171,497
Manitoba 66 2 0 0 74 17 140 19 4,036 0 4,150 8,186
Saskatchewan 219 14 10 0 32 29 261 43 15,122 309 3,990 19,420
Alberta 1,025 136 0 0 137 107 1,162 243 82,442 0 18,718 101,160
British Columbia 628 66 1 0 101 80 730 146 51,364 34 12,521 63,918
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Canada 4,063 349 22 1 742 531 4,827 881 299,592 1,341 90,877 391,809
212392 Diamond Mining
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
2018 1,865 230 137 20 467 153 2,469 403 284,316 25,167 76,285 385,768
212393 Salt Mining
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
2018 1,066 42 2 0 166 59 1,234 101 103,030 81 22,229 125,340
212395 Gypsum Mining
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
2018 11 0 0 0 3 2 14 2 1,218 0 464 1,682
212396 Potash Mining
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
2018 4,164 191 333 69 508 294 5,005 554 553,419 55,977 102,776 712,172
212397 Peat Extraction
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
2018 1,199 160 131 12 201 149 1,531 321 61,451 6,132 22,102 89,685
212398 All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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
2018 144 8 5 0 36 24 185 32 8,916 230 6,083 15,230
21239 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
2016 7,334 568 676 64 1,019 488 9,029 1,120 884,347 77,919 188,484 1,150,750
2017 8,549 683 331 30 1,449 666 10,329 1,379 1,018,179 44,229 247,091 1,309,499
2018
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 144 11 2 0 34 15 180 26 11,064 68 3,533 14,665
New Brunswick 456 48 72 10 61 38 589 96 20,779 3,477 5,530 29,786
Quebec 877 63 49 2 247 125 1,173 190 69,161 2,223 37,881 109,264
Ontario 1,037 73 1 0 105 51 1,143 124 112,297 30 16,727 129,054
Manitoba 185 31 3 0 42 17 230 48 10,588 152 3,424 14,165
Saskatchewan 4,282 203 335 69 526 305 5,143 577 563,688 56,072 105,254 725,013
Alberta 172 60 4 0 21 34 197 94 14,130 218 3,663 18,012
British Columbia 22 1 0 0 8 6 30 7 2,380 0 1,220 3,600
Northwest Territories 1,250 140 137 20 332 88 1,719 248 207,425 25,167 52,480 285,072
Canada 8,449 631 608 101 1,381 681 10,438 1,413 1,012,350 87,587 229,940 1,329,877
2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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 16,153 1,171 369 30 2,313 1,362 18,835 2,563 1,516,065 45,974 364,257 1,926,295
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 3 0 0 7 6 27 9 1,203 0 641 1,844
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 401 18 2 0 65 28 468 46 26,063 68 6,395 32,526
New Brunswick 603 54 72 10 81 51 756 115 28,036 3,477 7,465 38,978
Quebec 1,907 106 49 2 393 294 2,349 402 128,110 2,223 54,790 185,123
Ontario 3,953 287 26 1 581 344 4,560 632 319,117 1,553 79,307 399,977
Manitoba 282 35 3 0 120 38 405 73 16,393 152 8,390 24,936
Saskatchewan 4,501 217 345 69 558 334 5,404 620 578,810 56,380 109,244 744,434
Alberta 1,475 200 4 0 189 154 1,668 354 117,295 218 27,310 144,824
British Columbia 862 85 1 0 121 114 984 199 66,995 34 16,770 83,799
Yukon x x x x x x x x x x x x
Northwest Territories 1,250 140 137 20 332 88 1,719 248 207,425 25,167 52,480 285,072
Canada 15,312 1,147 644 102 2,453 1,455 18,409 2,704 1,493,978 89,453 363,784 1,947,215

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
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
2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,711 850 270 2,831 248,154 142,737 34,500 425,390
Prince Edward Island x x x x x x x x
Nova Scotia 515 2 170 687 36,888 68 12,998 49,954
New Brunswick 910 82 156 1,148 47,950 3,477 9,550 60,977
Quebec 10,065 514 2,555 13,134 1,202,926 52,358 305,315 1,560,600
Ontario 14,132 117 4,080 18,329 1,309,461 11,998 369,653 1,691,112
Manitoba 1,097 3 630 1,730 93,916 152 58,520 152,588
Saskatchewan 5,655 414 998 7,067 682,126 56,380 127,698 866,204
Alberta 1,675 4 343 2,022 117,295 218 27,310 144,824
British Columbia 5,067 1 1,254 6,322 553,023 34 120,147 673,204
Yukon x x x x x x x x
Northwest Territories 1,390 157 420 1,967 207,425 25,167 52,480 285,072
Nunavut 1,102 336 584 2,022 119,397 34,422 83,851 237,670
Total 43,416 2,491 11,483 57,390 4,628,034 327,974 1,205,089 6,161,097

Note: Data from previous years have been revised to reflect updated totals. These tables exclude Oil and Gas Extraction Industry (NAICS 211), and the Coal Mining (NAICS 21211) data is not included in the 2018 data. For the symbols and abbreviations used in these tables, refer to: Symbols and Abbreviations

Source: Statistics Canada