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