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ICT Sector Employment

Last Update: October 2005

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ICT Sector Employment, 2004 Estimates

After significant growth of 5.3% in 2003, employment in the ICT sector kept growing in 2004 but at a much slower rate of 0.8%, 570,000¹ workers. This growth represents only 4,000 new jobs from the previous year and is below the 1.8% employment growth observed at the national level.

Employment in the ICT services industries increased by 1.4% in 2004. The largest gains were observed in telecommunications services (3,500 new jobs) and software (1,500 new jobs), while the strongest growth rate occurred in cable and other program distribution (+6.2%). However, employment did not show any growth in the computer systems design industry and declined in the ISP industry.

After major decreases in the early 2000's and a slight recovery in 2003, employment in the ICT manufacturing industries picked up in 2004, up by 2.0% to 103,900 workers. This is essentially due to substantial gains in the wireless communications equipment industry (1,700 new workers or 13.2% growth) as employment declined or remained relatively stable in most other ICT manufacturing industries.

Employment in the ICT services industries amounted to 387,700 workers in 2004, the highest level ever. This number includes 80,000 self-employed, mostly in the computer systems design industry. All together, the ICT services industries represent close to 70% of total ICT sector employment. After a slight increase in 2003, the number of workers in the ICT wholesaling, rental and leasing industries declined by 3.9% in 2004, to 78,600.

Employment in the ICT sector grew at a CAGR ² of 3.7% over the 1997-2004 period, compared to 2.2% in the Canadian economy. The sector accounted for 3.6% of Canada’s total employment in 2004.

ICT Sector Employment, 1997-2004
(Manufacturing and Services)
NAICS 2002	Industry	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
33331	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing¹	9,461	10,607	11,779	12,931	13,290	12,155	10,692	12,000
33411	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing¹	13,714	14,876	13,199	15,795	13,373	11,390	10,723	9,900
33421	Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (Wired Communications Equipment)¹	18,403	17,866	17,563	15,754	11,225	8,862	7,863	7,900
33422	Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing¹	7,612	8,373	8,871	8,834	9,519	10,866	12,541	14,200
33431	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing¹	1,035	1,215	949	1,182	1,485	1,373	1,483	1,400
33441	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing¹	18,207	20,494	24,289	27,223	26,748	24,281	25,356	25,200
33451	Navigational, Measuring, Medical and Control Instruments Manufacturing¹	25,394	24,227	23,468	24,643	25,574	25,457	27,208	27,000
33592	Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing¹	5,808	7,072	12,042	11,689	12,354	6,797	6,026	6,300
	Total ICT Manufacturing¹	99,634	104,730	112,160	118,051	113,568	101,181	101,892	103,900
51121	Software Publishers²	21,324	27,676	35,815	38,757	41,310	32,607	34,832	36,300
517	Telecommunications Services (excluding Cable and Other Program Distribution)	99,504	101,335	101,402	103,692	104,879	105,096	110,833	114,346
51751	Cable and Other Program Distribution	14,316	14,545	14,863	14,734	14,616	14,720	15,614	16,580
518111	Internet Service Providers (ISPs)²	4,324	4,995	5,582	8,588	8,657	6,459	6,997	6,200
51821	Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services²	8,179	11,282	10,627	15,452	16,229	15,650	16,830	17,200
54151	Computer Systems Design and Related Services²	122,750	135,078	175,281	191,905	193,605	182,651	197,120	197,100
	Total ICT Services²	270,397	294,911	343,570	373,128	379,296	357,183	382,226	387,726
4173	Computer and Communications Equipment Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors	47,169	47,982	51,286	52,901	55,327	52,850	56,091	54,490
41791	Office and Store Machinery and Equipment Wholesaler-Distributors	22,610	23,692	23,429	25,037	22,828	24,144	23,765	22,237
53242	Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing	2,800	2,500	2,300	2,100	2,000	1,900	1,900	1,873
	Total ICT Wholesaling, Rental and Leasing	72,579	74,174	77,015	80,038	80,155	78,894	81,756	78,600
	Total ICT Sector³	442,610	473,815	532,745	571,217	573,019	537,258	565,874	570,226
	TOTAL EMPLOYMENT in CANADA (including self-employed)	13,676,500	14,019,200	14,389,800	14,758,600	14,946,700	15,307,900	15,665,100	15,949,700
	ICT EMPLOYMENT as a PERCENTAGE of CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT	3.2%	3.4%	3.7%	3.9%	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%

¹ Due to methodological changes in 2000, data are not strictly comparable to data for previous years.
² Including self-employed.
³ Including self-employed. Due to methodological changes in Manufacturing industries in 2000, data are not strictly comparable to data for previous years.

Sources: Statistics Canada and Industry Canada.
All underlined figures are Industry Canada estimates.
See Sources and Technical Notes for more details.

Growth in ICT Sector Employment, 1997-2004
(Manufacturing and Services)
NAICS 2002	Industry	% Change 2003-2004	% Change 1997-2004	CAGR 1997-2004
33331	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing¹	12.2%	26.8%	3.5%
33411	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing¹	-7.7%	-27.8%	-4.5%
33421	Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (Wired Communications Equipment)¹	0.5%	-57.1%	-11.4%
33422	Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing¹	13.2%	86.5%	9.3%
33431	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing¹	-5.6%	35.3%	4.4%
33441	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing¹	-0.6%	38.4%	4.8%
33451	Navigational, Measuring, Medical and Control Instruments Manufacturing¹	-0.8%	6.3%	0.9%
33592	Communication and Energy Wire and Cable Manufacturing¹	4.5%	8.5%	1.2%
	Total ICT Manufacturing¹	2.0%	4.3%	0.6%
51211	Software Publishers²	4.2%	70.2%	7.9%
517	Telecommunications Services (excluding Cable and Other Program Distribution)	3.2%	14.9%	2.0%
51751	Cable and Other Program Distribution	6.2%	15.8%	2.1%
518111	Internet Service Providers (ISPs)²	-11.4%	43.4%	5.3%
51821	Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services²	2.2%	110.3%	11.2%
54151	Computer Systems Design and Related Services²	0.0%	60.6%	7.0%
	Total ICT Services²	1.4%	43.4%	5.3%
4173	Computer and Communications Equipment Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors	-2.9%	15.5%	2.1%
41791	Office and Store Machinery and Equipment Wholesaler-Distributors	-6.4%	-1.6%	-0.2%
53242	Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing	-1.4%	-33.1%	-5.6%
	Total ICT Wholesaling, Rental and Leasing	-3.9%	8.3%	1.1%
	Total ICT Sector³	0.8%	28.8%	3.7%
	TOTAL EMPLOYMENT in CANADA (including self-employed)	1.8%	16.6%	2.2%

Distribution of
Employment by ICT Industry, 2004 (570,226 Workers)*

Indexed Growth in
Employment for the ICT Sector and the Canadian Economy, 1997-2004

Indexed Growth in
Employment by ICT Segment, 1997-2004

¹ Including employees and self-employed. back
² CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. back


		Created: 2005-06-10 Updated: 2005-12-05	Top of Page	Important Notices