7
TRANSPORTATION AND
EMPLOYMENT
There has been a slight decrease in
transportation's proportion of employees in Canada's workforce.
Trucking continues to employ the largest number, followed by air
transportation.
There were 14.7 million people employed in Canada in 1999.
Of this total, 12 million were full-time and 2.7 million
were part-time employees. Transportation was an important contributor
to the overall employment picture. With almost 828,000 people
employed full-time in this sector, transportation accounted for
6.9 per cent of full-time employment in Canada.
This chapter covers three specific areas: first, the workforce,
which is the total number of people whose jobs are directly tied
to the transportation sector; second, the average annual salary
earned by transportation employees; and third, labour relations
in the transportation sector.
This report only covers full-time jobs directly associated
with transportation. It does not deal with jobs in associated
industries, such as manufacturing (vehicles, parts, signs, other
transport-related products), the service sector (motels, restaurants,
towing services, maintenance of equipment, automobile sales, and
other services) or other areas that depend primarily on the transportation
sector.
As noted where appropriate throughout this chapter, the overall
picture is incomplete in some areas. This is due primarily to
a lack of data, usually on a detailed level, which would allow
for a better understanding of jobs and functions directly associated
with transportation. Timeliness of the availability of data is
also a serious issue, as it affects the ability to include current
data and related modal comparisons. In most instances, this report
does not include "soft" figures, i.e. estimated, derived
or unverifiable data. Finally, there have in some cases been changes
in jurisdiction - such as the commercialization of ports, airports
and air navigation services, and the proliferation of short-line
railways - that have led to a change in type or scope of data,
which in turn have made historical comparisons difficult.
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