Employment by sector and year

Marine economy total employment by sector and year^{table note 1} (# of jobs)
Marine sector	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023^{table notep}
Private sector	298,819	196,832	270,930	344,945	360,660
Seafood	66,315	54,364	73,763	69,134	66,730
Commercial fishing	25,350	20,759	33,303	29,769	29,617
Aquaculture	11,017	8,759	10,589	10,927	9,978
Fish processing	29,948	24,845	29,871	28,438	27,135
Offshore oil & gas	15,000	13,135	20,130	21,642	15,834
Transportation	65,838	58,378	65,536	79,423	85,445
Marine transportation	27,212	24,097	27,039	30,020	32,330
Support activities for marine transportation	38,626	34,282	38,498	49,403	53,115
Tourism & recreation	122,641	43,329	82,450	142,257	158,102
Manufacturing & construction	29,025	27,626	29,051	32,489	34,550
Ship and boat building	20,397	16,433	17,775	21,817	21,840
Ports and harbours construction	8,629	11,193	11,276	10,672	12,710
Public sector	64,126	65,050	63,937	74,315	85,093
National Defence	31,342	34,576	33,924	39,945	44,381
Fisheries & Oceans	20,179	18,147	18,099	21,461	24,922
Other federal departments	5,122	5,144	5,688	6,702	9,193
Provincial / Territorial departments	2,655	2,045	1,913	2,496	2,667
Universities and ENGOs	4,828	5,137	4,312	3,711	3,931
Total marine economy	362,945	261,882	334,867	419,259	445,753
Total economy ^{table note 2}	19,121,200	18,043,800	18,942,300	19,693,000	20,170,900

Table Notes

Table note p

p: preliminary. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada calculations, based on Statistic Canada's input-output model and custom data tabulations. See the Methodology section for more information.

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Table note 1

Includes direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts attributable to the directly impacted marine sector.

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Table note 2

Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0023-01 Labour force characteristics by industry, annual (x1000).

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All data is subject to revisions by statistical sources. In some instances, more than one source may be available and discrepancies in numbers may occur because of conceptual or methodological differences. In addition, some numbers may not add up precisely due to rounding.

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