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Employment

Fishing-related employment by industry and province, 2018-2021
  Primary Sector (Harvesting)table note 1 Seafood Product
Preparation and Packaging
(Processing) table note 2
Aquaculture table note 3 Total Employment
(Primary Harvesting, Processing
and Aquaculture)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021 2018 2019 2020 2021
N.L. 9,240 9,130 8,793 10,432 4,146 4,386 4,352 4,779 355 460 400 420 13,741 13,976 13,545 15,631
P.E.I 4,525 4,550 4,475 4,629 x x x x 440 465 455 440 4,965 5,015 4,930 5,069
N.S. 12,922 13,165 13,010 13,315 5,612 5,525 4,860 4,791 240 285 290 280 18,774 18,975 18,160 18,386
N.B. 6,248 6,367 6,363 6,526 4,424 4,623 4,086 4,627 610 700 725 705 11,282 11,690 11,174 11,858
Que 3,546 3,600 3,433 3,608 1,605 1,551 1,480 1,619 120 125 125 140 5,271 5,276 5,038 5,367
Ont 1,158 1,158 1,158 1,158 619 634 536 652 155 150 145 135 1,932 1,942 1,839 1,945
Man table note 4 1,377 1,302 1,127 1,227   1,377 1,302 1,127 1,227
Sask.table note 5 1,278 1,137 986 884   1,278 1,137 986 884
Alberta   0 0 0 0
BC 5,462 4,866 4,975 4,577 3,518 3,120 3,102 2,641 1,585 1,645 1,645 1,705 10,565 9,631 9,722 8,923
Yukon .. .. .. ..   0 0 0 0
NWT 188 144 130 136   188 144 130 136
Nunavut .. .. .. ..   0 0 0 0
Canada 45,944 45,419 44,450 46,492 21,602 21,433 19,716 21,002 3,505 3,830 3,785 3,825 71,050 70,682 67,951 71,319

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Table note 1

Employment is estimated based on number of registered fishers and number of personal commerical licenses granted.

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Table note 2

Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0201-01 Employment by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality.

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Table note 3

Statistics Canada, Survey of Aquaculture Industry, unpublished

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Table note 4

Government of Manitoba, Department of Sustainable Development

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Table note 5

Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Environment

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