TABLE A2-35: REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYMENT BY FERRY OPERATORS, 1999 – 2004

	British Columbia	Prairies and Territories1	Ontario	Quebec	Atlantic Region2	Total	Per cent of total in FTEs
1999	3,681	65	335	745	1,374	6,200	73%
2000	3,680	65	313	711	1,436	6,205	74%
2001	3,629	65	313	726	1,455	6,188	74%
2002	3,670	65	313	746	1,528	6,322	75%
2003	3,621	71	264	783	1,535	6,274	75%
2004	3,537	71	264	784	1,514	6,170	75%

Notes: Data limited to members of the Canadian Ferry Operators Association (CFOA). Employment data tabulations of Canadian Ferry Operators Association (CFOA) have been revised and amended by Transport Canada to include employment data tabulations available from the annual reports of the following three CFOA members: Marine Atlantic Inc.; BC Ferry Services Inc. from its inception in 2003 from BC Ferry Corporation; and, La Société des traversiers du Québec.Approximately 75 per cent of those total employment levels indicated in the table are known to be Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Units, and include the ferry operations of Marine Atlantic Inc.; BC Ferries Services Inc./BC Ferry Corporation; and, La Société des traversiers du Québec. That percentage of FTEs may be understated as it is not clear in some cases whether the data being reported by an organization is in FTEs or number of persons employed. Figures are likely to underestimate real employment as data was not available for all ferry operators.

1 Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.

2 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Source: Canadian Ferry Operators Association; Marine Atlantic Inc.; BC Ferry Services Inc.; BC Ferry Corporation; La Société des traversiers du Québec.