TABLE A2-28: EMPLOYMENT IN TAXI AND LIMOUSINE SERVICES BY PROVINCE, 1998 - 2004

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004 2
New Brunswick	221	261	229	226	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quebec	2,288	2,199	2,561	2,757	2,978	2,920	2,938
Ontario	4,091	3,789	4,303	4,632	4,643	4,466	4,476
Manitoba	499	560	689	1,032	N/A	N/A	N/A
British Columbia	3,485	3,393	3,683	3,924	4,191	4,188	4,017
Nunavut 1		36	37	42	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other Provinces/ Territories 3	1,842	1,667	1,966	1,822	3,462	3,251	3,167
Canada	12,426	11,905	13,468	14,435	15,274	14,825	14,598

N/A = Not available.

Note: Data in this table concerning taxi and limousine services is derived from Statistics Canada's Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours. As such, taxi and limousine services is a particular class of industry, as opposed to an occupational group, amongst other industries classified in accordance with the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).

1 Nunavut taxi employment for 1999 is based on 9 months of data.

2 Figures for 2004 are based on annualized 10 months weighted data.

3 Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Yukon (and New Brunswick, Manitoba and Nunavut for 2002, 2003 and 2004).

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Cat. 72-002; CANSIM and special tabulations