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Employment by sector and year

Marine economy total employment (including spinoffs) by sector and yeartable note 1 (# of jobs)
Marine sector 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024table notep
Private sector 196,540 255,486 312,791 325,628 345,059
Seafood 54,364 68,909 65,642 59,875 66,391
Commercial fishing 20,759 23,798 23,746 18,820 18,941
Aquaculture 8,759 9,086 8,119 7,575 9,025
Fish processing 24,845 36,025 33,777 33,479 38,425
Offshore oil & gas 13,135 11,120 14,696 11,793 11,098
Transportation 58,378 63,342 69,940 71,860 79,186
Marine transportation 24,097 21,834 23,938 24,605 27,241
Support activities for marine transportation 34,282 41,508 46,002 47,255 51,945
Tourism & recreation 43,038 81,918 134,012 147,406 153,827
Manufacturing & construction 27,626 30,198 28,501 34,695 34,558
Ship and boat building 16,433 19,724 20,843 21,606 20,502
Ports and harbours construction 11,193 10,474 7,658 13,089 14,056
Public sector 65,050 60,768 68,420 77,091 75,147
Federal departments 57,868 54,682 60,666 69,901 67,442
Provincial / Territorial departments 2,045 1,980 2,468 2,574 2,667
Universities and ENGOs 5,137 4,107 5,285 4,616 5,038
Total marine economy 261,591 316,254 381,211 402,719 420,206
Total economy table note 2 18,068,500 18,964,100 19,739,500 20,334,800 20,730,500

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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