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Transportation in Canada 2000 |
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TRANSPORTATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Employment in the transport industry
continued to increase in 2000.
Average weekly earnings were also on the rise while labour relations
were relatively stable.
Transportation remains a significant employer in Canada. In
2000, the total workforce in the sector approached 855,000 people
with over 18,000 jobs created during the year.
Throughout the period 1996 to 2000, transportation accounted
for an average seven per cent of total full-time employment in
Canada. In 2000, there were over 12 million full-time employees
in Canada. An estimated seven per cent of these employees were
involved in activities related to transport.
This chapter covers the full-time employment in the different
segments of the transport sector and associated services. Employment
is approached from three angles: the number of employees involved
in activities directly tied to transportation, the average annual
compensation paid to these employees and the number of work stoppages
that occurred in the transport sector. In some instances, the
figures reported may not fully reflect all employees in the transportation
sector or all those occupying transport-related functions. Such
an underestimation of transportation's employment is primarily
due to either a lack of detailed information allowing a proper
allocation, or to the non-existence of official data in certain
specific types of transportation occupations.
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