Contract drilling operations (except oil and gas extraction), 2018

Contract drilling operations (except oil and gas extraction), 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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Provinces and territoriesFootnote1

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Province or Territory Metres Drilled Income From Drilling Average Number of Employees Total Salaries and Wages Paid
Surface Underground $000 $000
Maritime provinces 119,307 75,638 21,434,416 216 8,461,452
Quebec 1,383,694 1,021,893 209,515,212 1,080 78,330,705
Ontario 1,204,982 1,109,937 235,554,615 1,421 96,685,942
Prairie provinces 475,385 161,324 100,227,985 912 42,530,035
British Columbia 615,029 79,523 110,881,472 697 44,044,386
Yukon , Nunavut and Northwest Territories 467,875 41,527 86,683,254 577 33,794,607
Total 4,266,272 2,489,842 764,296,954 4,903 303,847,127

This table excludes petroleum and natural gas. For the symbols and abbreviations used in the table, refer to: Symbols and Abbreviations

Source: Statistics Canada