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Socio-economic Profile of Canada's Fishing Industry Labour Force 1994–2006

Table of Content

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Symbols and abbreviations

1. Highlights
2. Introduction and report objectives

Section 1: Workers demographic profile in the fishing industry
Section 2: Portrait of the total employment income of workers in the fishing industry
Section 3: Portrait of the total income before and after tax of workers in the fishing industry
Section 4: Changes in the fishing industry between 1994 and 2006
Section 5: Concepts, methodology and quality of data

Appendix to Section 4.1 changes in the workers demographic profile
Appendix to Section 4.2 changes in the total employment income
Appendix to Section 4.3 changes in the total income

Abstract

This report provides a socio-economic profile of the fishing industry in Canada, highlighting important differences among regions. The report is divided into three sections: first, a profile of the fishing industry in 2006; second, its evolution over time, from 1994 to 2006 for self-employed fish harvesters and from 1998 to 2006 for other fishery workers; lastly, the report’s methodology, including the concepts, terms and definitions used.

Given the economic and social importance of fishing for thousands of Canadians living in many communities across Canada, this report covers all the provinces and territories, special attention to the Atlantic Provinces and British Columbia, two regions that play a major role in the Canadian fishing industry.

Acknowledgements

This project was undertaken by Economic Analysis and Statistics, Strategic Policy Sector. Alejandro DeMaio-Sukic and Paul Ma coordinated the project and designed the methodology that was used to produce the statistical results and a preliminary analysis of the data. In addition, the following analysts contributed to the project at different stages: Chamari Silva, Sophie Lai, Leo Liu, Louis Pacione, Michelle Fougere, Luc Ménard and Francis Bilodeau.

The data used to prepare this report was produced by a team from the Canada Revenue Agency consisting of Trevor Teed, François Paris, Shannon Drew, Agnes Chan, Janine Hum, Nathalie Lapointe, Krishna Thakker and Neda Momtahan.

The methodology used in this project was peer reviewed by an anonymous reviewer. The final report was prepared by Marcel Fragé, consulting economist.

Symbols and abbreviations

The following symbols and abbreviations are used throughout this report:

$

Canadian dollar

n.a.

Not appropriate or not applicable

u.a.

Unavailable

n.s.

Not significant. The number of individuals who provided information is too low to derive statistically significant estimates.

T1

Personal income tax returns

T4

Statement of the remuneration paid by employers