1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

All Industries (NAICS - North American Industry Classification

System) 1,377.7 1,434.6 1,508.3 1,559.6 1,577.5 1,617.2 1,668.0 1,743.2 1,785.6 1,813.4 1,859.9

Goods-Producing Sector 333.8 351.5 383.8 389.0 377.7 371.0 382.8 401.5 405.1 408.8 419.1

Agriculture 31.7 31.1 32.0 28.1 30.3 29.2 32.7 29.8 25.7 30.3 33.0
Crop Production 15.5 12.8 13.3 11.3 14.6 11.5 15.3 13.3 14.1 13.4 13.5
Animal Production 14.1 14.8 16.4 14.3 13.6 14.3 14.2 13.8 9.0 12.2 15.2
Mix farming 1.6 2.4 1.7 - - 2.7 2.8 2.0 - 2.2 2.6
Support Activities for Agriculture - - - - - - - - 1.5 2.5 1.6

Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Oil and Gas 49.5 50.3 55.0 52.1 51.4 47.2 44.3 49.5 54.8 54.7 55.2
Forestry and Logging with support activities 24.0 25.3 26.5 26.3 26.8 26.3 26.2 31.1 36.1 32.0 32.9
Fishing, Hunting and Trapping 6.1 6.4 7.1 6.9 6.7 4.9 6.3 6.3 4.5 5.2 5.5
Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction 19.4 18.6 21.5 18.9 17.9 15.9 11.8 12.1 14.2 17.5 16.8
Oil and Gas Extraction 1.9 1.8 2.9 - 2.0 - 1.7 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.6
Mining (except Oil and Gas) & Mix Mining 14.6 13.0 14.5 12.4 12.5 11.0 7.7 6.5 9.6 12.8 10.6
Support Activities for Mining & Oil & Gas Extraction 2.9 3.8 4.0 5.1 3.4 3.6 2.5 3.4 2.9 3.2 4.6

Utilities 9.3 9.5 11.0 12.5 12.4 11.2 12.2 12.5 10.6 10.3 10.0

Construction 80.4 91.6 108.4 119.7 113.2 116.3 116.1 125.7 126.0 120.0 124.1
Prime Contracting 34.0 42.3 45.8 47.8 48.0 44.7 44.5 47.5 45.0 44.0 41.2
Trade Contracting 46.4 49.2 62.5 71.8 65.1 71.6 71.6 78.3 80.9 76.0 82.9

Manufacturing 162.9 169.1 177.4 176.6 170.5 167.1 177.6 184.0 188.1 193.5 196.8
Food Manufacturing 19.4 18.3 18.5 16.5 16.8 18.6 19.4 25.0 19.1 21.2 22.2
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing 4.6 4.7 2.9 4.8 5.2 2.3 2.5 1.7 2.9 2.6 3.0
Textile Mills & Textile Product Mills 1.7 3.1 2.8 2.2 - - 2.4 1.5 2.7 2.3 -
Clothing Manuf & Leather & Allied Prod 4.8 3.8 4.2 5.0 6.1 4.9 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.6 4.0
Wood Product Manufacturing 45.5 41.6 47.0 46.4 41.7 45.2 48.4 49.5 43.3 43.1 44.8
Paper Manufacturing 17.6 20.8 24.5 19.3 20.2 19.9 21.3 21.3 23.8 22.9 22.9
Printing and Related Support Activities 8.0 8.4 7.6 6.8 6.4 8.3 7.9 9.7 8.7 11.5 9.6
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing 2.0 - 2.0 1.8 2.0 - - - - 1.8 1.8
Chemical Manufacturing 2.8 2.5 3.0 4.6 4.1 3.7 5.0 5.1 6.6 7.2 3.9
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.4 3.3 3.2 4.7 4.7 6.5 4.5 7.4
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 3.4 5.7 4.2 5.2 6.9 6.8 5.4 3.8 5.5 7.2 5.8
Primary Metal Manufacturing 9.6 10.6 9.6 11.6 9.8 7.9 8.4 8.9 11.7 11.4 9.1
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 9.6 11.2 9.7 10.2 10.9 9.7 9.0 9.1 10.2 9.2 10.6

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Machinery Manufacturing 4.9 3.8 5.5 6.8 6.3 5.4 4.2 4.4 6.9 6.3 8.6
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 2.1 3.1 5.7 6.2 4.8 3.4 5.0 6.6 6.9 6.0 6.9
Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing - 3.1 2.6 2.5 4.3 2.6 2.1 4.0 3.0 3.8 3.5
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 9.8 7.8 9.3 9.5 9.3 8.0 6.9 8.0 9.0 8.8 12.9
Motor Vehicle, Body, Trailer & Parts Manufacturing 3.4 3.0 4.5 3.0 4.0 2.9 2.6 4.7 3.8 3.4 4.5
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 6.4 4.8 4.8 6.5 5.3 5.2 4.3 3.3 5.2 5.5 8.4
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 7.0 7.9 8.2 7.0 5.7 7.8 8.7 7.0 8.1 8.2 7.8

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Miscellaneous Manufacturing 5.1 7.4 6.1 5.8 5.5 8.1 9.9 6.3 6.1 8.8 10.5
Durables 97.8 102.3 107.9 111.2 105.1 104.8 108.0 107.7 110.7 112.8 120.6
Non-durables 65.2 66.8 69.5 65.3 65.4 62.3 69.5 76.4 77.4 80.7 76.2

Services-Producing Sector 1,043.9 1,083.1 1,124.5 1,170.6 1,199.8 1,246.2 1,285.1 1,341.7 1,380.5 1,404.7 1,440.8

Trade 233.9 246.3 250.6 264.7 259.4 261.9 270.8 283.6 294.0 291.2 299.8
Wholesale 53.5 51.4 53.9 52.9 54.4 58.3 62.8 62.7 64.7 67.0 71.3
Farm Product Wholesaler-Distributors - - - - - - 1.9 - - - -
Petroleum Product Wholesaler-Distributors 1.5 2.1 - 1.5 1.5 1.8 - - - - 1.6
Food, Beverage and Tobacco Wholesaler-Distributors 8.3 10.0 10.8 9.8 11.3 13.2 11.5 13.8 15.7 13.1 15.5
Personal and Household Goods Wholesaler-Distributors 6.5 6.7 7.6 6.9 8.0 8.4 8.8 5.2 8.6 8.1 8.7
Motor Vehicle and Parts Wholesaler-Distributors 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.5 2.1 3.9 5.0 3.7 4.3 5.2 4.7
Building Material and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 8.8 5.7 6.4 6.5 9.3 8.9 10.2 9.9 7.1 7.7 9.5
Machinery, Equipment & Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 15.4 13.0 14.4 14.9 13.1 13.1 13.4 16.2 14.9 17.2 16.6
Misc. Wholesaler-Distributors & Whol. Agents & Brokers 8.0 8.3 8.6 7.6 8.0 7.7 10.7 11.7 11.6 13.2 13.4
Retail 180.5 194.9 196.7 211.8 205.0 203.6 208.0 220.9 229.3 224.1 228.5
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 18.3 20.8 22.5 22.7 25.7 23.4 24.1 27.7 21.5 24.8 24.4
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 7.0 5.7 7.5 9.6 7.4 12.0 8.2 11.0 10.2 7.8 10.2
Electronics and Appliance Stores 4.8 7.2 6.6 6.8 9.2 7.2 7.6 7.8 7.3 7.8 9.4
Building Material & Garden Equipment & Supplies Dealers 10.6 9.9 13.1 12.6 11.4 14.4 16.4 13.5 18.7 16.6 14.5
Food and Beverage Stores 41.9 42.7 39.2 47.8 41.5 43.4 44.5 48.3 56.1 54.0 50.9
Health and Personal Care Stores 10.2 12.4 10.9 13.1 12.1 11.8 11.6 12.6 15.3 16.0 15.5
Gasoline Stations 14.7 14.4 12.0 13.9 13.5 10.6 12.9 12.8 10.5 12.2 12.9
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 18.1 17.8 16.9 24.7 20.2 18.7 19.9 19.9 19.1 20.1 19.3
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores 9.2 10.6 11.9 9.8 11.8 11.8 10.4 9.4 13.9 11.7 12.1
General Merchandise Stores 29.9 31.9 35.6 26.5 28.7 26.3 30.4 31.7 29.9 28.5 29.1
Miscellaneous Store Retailers 9.8 13.7 12.0 16.1 15.1 16.3 15.1 19.7 19.0 18.1 22.1
Non-Store Retailers 6.1 8.0 8.5 8.2 8.4 7.6 6.9 6.3 7.8 6.6 8.2

Transportation and Warehousing 85.4 88.5 90.7 91.9 97.3 101.8 100.2 98.5 97.1 100.0 107.7
Transportation 82.8 84.9 88.1 89.9 93.8 100.1 95.1 95.1 93.6 96.6 101.8
Air Transportation 9.9 13.8 12.4 15.8 14.7 14.0 12.8 15.0 16.3 14.8 15.9
Rail Transportation 11.6 9.7 10.8 10.6 12.9 11.6 11.8 9.9 7.6 7.2 7.4
Water Transportation 5.1 6.9 5.7 6.1 6.3 7.8 5.7 9.6 5.9 6.1 7.5
Truck Transportation 21.3 22.5 22.5 21.9 24.2 27.1 28.3 25.0 22.5 27.4 27.1

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Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 9.1 8.2 9.3 11.0 12.3 12.0 9.3 8.4 11.6 12.2 12.8
Pipeline Transportation - - - - - - - - - - -
Scenic & Sightseeing Transp. & Support Activ. for Transp. 12.3 10.2 10.6 9.9 10.4 9.8 9.5 11.0 10.2 10.8 13.2
Postal Service 8.6 9.1 10.9 8.6 6.7 9.8 12.0 10.7 11.0 9.1 7.9
Couriers and Messengers 4.5 3.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 7.0 5.2 5.2 8.0 8.3 9.3
Warehousing and Storage 2.5 3.6 2.7 2.0 3.6 1.7 5.1 3.4 3.5 3.4 5.9

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Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing 90.5 96.3 98.7 102.1 103.6 110.9 114.6 117.1 116.7 122.4 125.8
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank & Credit Intermediation/Rel Activ 31.0 34.0 39.2 35.3 36.9 35.5 38.6 37.9 38.8 40.8 45.1
Securities, Commodity Contracts, & Other Intermediation/Rel Activities 9.5 13.4 7.3 8.0 6.4 6.2 8.4 10.3 9.0 9.7 10.7
Insurance Carriers & Activities, Funds & Other Finan. Vehicles 17.6 15.0 16.9 20.4 26.1 24.1 21.6 24.6 22.2 23.8 26.7
Real Estate 25.4 27.7 27.3 33.1 26.2 36.0 35.6 34.8 37.0 38.2 32.9
Rental & Leasing Serv., Owners & Lessors of Other Non-Finan. Assets 7.0 6.2 7.9 5.3 7.9 9.0 10.5 9.4 9.7 9.8 10.4

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 67.0 77.7 82.4 87.6 93.9 86.7 96.6 101.3 104.1 107.3 113.2
Legal Services 16.6 14.0 14.4 17.7 15.4 18.0 18.2 19.8 20.3 18.6 19.5
Accounting and Tax Preparation 8.9 11.0 13.6 15.2 14.2 11.3 17.1 11.7 15.3 14.0 13.5
Architectural, Engineering and Design Services 18.7 23.4 24.3 26.8 28.2 24.9 27.9 32.5 30.7 33.5 32.0
Computer System Design Services 5.6 8.0 7.5 7.8 10.3 7.9 7.8 10.9 11.1 12.3 16.8
Management, Scientific and Technical Services 7.5 9.0 9.2 7.7 10.3 10.0 14.9 12.6 15.1 15.6 18.5
Advertising and Related Services 4.4 6.6 7.0 6.0 10.3 9.8 5.8 8.8 7.3 7.5 7.2
Other Professional Services 5.4 5.7 6.4 6.4 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.4 5.8 5.6

Business, Building and Other Support Services 35.1 36.4 35.4 37.1 38.8 41.0 46.0 52.6 55.8 60.0 62.0
Employment Services 2.7 3.5 2.6 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.4 1.9 3.6 2.8 2.9
Business Services 2.5 2.7 3.5 2.5 4.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 5.4 6.4 5.4
Travelling Services 4.9 3.7 3.2 4.1 5.9 5.5 5.9 7.8 7.6 12.2 10.3
Security Services 5.1 5.8 5.8 4.9 4.5 6.5 6.8 7.6 6.8 7.6 9.6
Building Services 16.1 16.4 15.4 17.8 17.4 19.9 21.9 25.3 27.1 25.6 29.8
Management of Enterprises & Other Administrative Services 2.9 2.5 3.2 2.4 1.6 1.9 3.3 4.0 2.7 3.6 2.1
Waste Management and Remediation Services - 1.8 1.7 1.8 - - 2.5 2.5 2.7 1.8 1.8

Educational Services 84.0 86.6 88.2 89.0 98.3 107.4 113.8 121.8 124.1 118.2 119.9
Primary and Secondary 52.2 56.8 57.6 56.4 63.1 72.0 76.9 76.8 80.9 75.5 73.8
Post-Secondary 8.0 7.5 9.6 9.1 10.4 7.7 9.0 13.0 10.7 10.4 11.9
University 17.6 16.3 14.9 16.5 16.9 17.5 17.7 18.7 18.5 17.4 19.1
Other Schools and Educational Support 6.2 6.0 6.1 7.0 7.8 10.1 10.2 13.3 14.0 14.9 15.2

Health Care and Social Assistance 124.7 128.6 138.1 148.8 155.7 164.1 165.4 172.9 179.0 185.3 191.8
Ambulatory Health Care Services 28.1 31.6 33.9 35.5 34.9 42.0 41.5 41.4 47.2 45.0 46.2
Hospitals 56.1 55.7 57.0 58.8 66.4 62.9 66.1 63.3 64.2 60.0 66.7
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 14.7 16.2 19.0 23.1 21.4 20.0 23.4 23.5 24.5 31.1 30.3
Social Assistance 25.9 25.1 28.3 31.4 33.1 39.1 34.3 44.7 43.1 49.1 48.6

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Information, culture and recreation 67.0 64.1 68.4 68.7 67.9 65.4 66.9 77.8 84.3 83.2 88.5
Publishing Industries 9.7 10.5 8.9 8.2 9.5 9.8 9.8 9.8 10.2 11.5 11.0
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries 4.0 3.1 4.0 3.2 3.1 2.0 3.4 4.7 7.6 6.6 6.7
Broadcasting and Telecommunications 25.3 22.3 25.0 25.1 24.6 22.8 21.5 21.2 26.3 22.6 28.5
Information Services and Data Processing Services 4.1 5.4 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.3 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.6
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries 9.5 9.7 11.4 10.9 8.9 9.3 11.6 13.4 13.2 14.7 14.6
Heritage Institutions 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.7 2.2 1.5 - 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.4
Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries 12.6 10.0 12.5 14.9 15.1 15.5 15.2 20.5 19.5 20.6 20.8

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Accommodation and food services 99.7 104.6 113.4 115.2 119.1 128.1 117.5 126.8 134.4 140.0 142.4
Accommodation Services 25.4 28.0 29.9 33.9 31.1 37.6 34.3 35.6 29.5 31.1 31.8
Food Services and Drinking Places 74.3 76.6 83.4 81.3 88.0 90.5 83.2 91.2 104.8 108.9 110.6

Other services 75.3 74.1 76.7 75.6 74.7 80.6 93.5 91.5 89.0 90.7 90.5
Repair and Maintenance 23.6 23.0 27.8 26.5 25.3 29.5 36.1 32.1 32.7 34.5 31.9
Personal and Laundry Services 20.2 18.8 19.1 21.5 19.8 19.3 23.7 25.1 20.1 21.3 26.8
Religious, Grant-Making, Civic, Professional & Similar Orgs. 16.5 17.4 17.2 14.5 15.2 18.3 21.7 20.8 19.4 20.2 18.1
Private Households 15.0 14.8 12.5 13.1 14.4 13.6 12.0 13.5 16.8 14.8 13.7

Public administration 81.3 79.9 81.9 89.9 91.1 98.4 99.8 97.7 102.1 106.4 99.1
Federal Government Public Admin (incl. Defence Services) 27.7 27.7 28.7 32.3 36.3 35.2 33.6 32.4 31.8 36.7 33.6
Provincial and Territorial Public Administration 27.1 25.7 24.3 27.3 23.9 32.0 29.0 33.1 37.3 35.7 31.6
Local, Municipal & Regional Public Admin., Aboriginal, Inter &
Other Extra-Territorial Public Admin 26.6 26.5 28.9 30.3 30.9 31.2 37.2 32.2 33.0 34.1 33.8

dash = less than 1.5 (1,500 persons)

NAICS 2007 - North American Industry Classification System

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished

data). Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the
permission of Statistics Canada.
Prepared by BC Stats February 2015

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 7 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)
All Industries (NAICS - North American Industry Classification
System) 1,857.7 1,893.7 1,930.8 1,920.9 1,952.4 1,998.1 2,028.3 2,089.7 2,140.8 2,206.0 2,241.9

Goods-Producing Sector 408.8 391.9 407.2 383.8 392.8 413.0 431.2 445.1 452.7 480.6 486.1

Agriculture 32.6 28.7 29.7 25.6 29.8 33.2 36.0 38.3 34.9 34.9 33.8
Crop Production 16.9 14.2 16.2 11.1 16.5 15.8 20.6 19.6 18.6 16.1 15.1
Animal Production 12.4 11.5 10.4 12.2 10.9 13.6 11.5 14.2 12.2 14.4 15.0
Mix farming 1.6 - - - - 1.6 - 3.0 2.5 3.2 -
Support Activities for Agriculture 1.6 2.0 1.7 - 1.8 2.2 2.8 1.5 1.6 - 2.5

Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Oil and Gas 51.5 48.5 52.6 41.2 37.4 44.5 35.7 37.5 43.5 46.7 43.8
Forestry and Logging with support activities 30.2 29.9 35.5 25.1 25.1 26.9 21.5 21.6 21.7 24.1 17.2
Fishing, Hunting and Trapping 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.7 3.1 4.5 2.9 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.1
Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction 17.9 14.8 12.8 11.4 9.2 13.1 11.3 13.8 19.1 19.7 24.5
Oil and Gas Extraction 3.0 1.5 - 1.8 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.6 1.8 2.1
Mining (except Oil and Gas) & Mix Mining 10.1 9.8 8.6 5.9 4.2 6.4 3.9 7.0 8.0 9.9 13.4
Support Activities for Mining & Oil & Gas Extraction 4.8 3.6 3.0 3.7 3.0 4.2 4.9 4.4 7.5 8.0 9.1

Utilities 11.3 11.2 10.4 10.6 10.9 11.1 9.1 10.2 8.2 9.9 12.5

Construction 118.7 113.6 112.1 112.3 116.8 117.6 142.1 165.8 174.7 191.7 218.1
Prime Contracting 38.6 41.5 42.2 40.3 41.1 46.5 50.5 65.2 64.3 64.7 84.1
Trade Contracting 80.1 72.1 69.9 72.0 75.7 71.2 91.6 100.5 110.4 127.0 134.0

Manufacturing 194.6 190.0 202.5 194.1 197.9 206.5 208.4 193.4 191.3 197.4 177.9
Food Manufacturing 21.7 18.1 19.6 22.1 23.7 27.1 25.4 25.9 18.8 22.0 23.3
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.5 3.3 4.3 5.7 5.0 4.7 5.2 5.7
Textile Mills & Textile Product Mills 2.6 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.3 1.8 2.0 2.1 - 1.6 -
Clothing Manuf & Leather & Allied Prod 6.2 7.2 7.8 9.3 5.3 5.6 9.5 5.1 6.0 6.9 5.4
Wood Product Manufacturing 43.1 42.1 45.9 49.1 44.9 49.2 45.9 44.7 43.3 43.3 32.9
Paper Manufacturing 22.5 22.1 17.7 14.6 16.8 14.3 12.0 11.9 14.7 14.9 12.9
Printing and Related Support Activities 8.4 8.8 10.9 8.5 8.5 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.9 6.0 8.3
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - - - - - 2.0 - - - - -
Chemical Manufacturing 6.5 6.8 7.7 5.7 6.4 7.1 8.4 6.3 5.8 5.5 6.7
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 5.3 5.0 8.0 6.8 5.7 7.2 7.5 6.7 7.3 8.7 4.6
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 5.4 5.4 6.3 5.2 6.8 5.6 7.6 6.4 8.1 8.1 7.3
Primary Metal Manufacturing 8.7 9.4 10.5 8.0 5.6 9.2 6.7 6.5 6.6 5.8 4.9
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 10.3 12.3 12.4 13.4 13.1 13.8 14.5 17.6 14.7 15.1 15.7

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 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)
Machinery Manufacturing 8.8 8.0 7.9 6.5 10.1 8.8 9.6 9.7 8.7 8.6 5.8
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 8.1 7.9 7.6 7.0 10.1 10.1 9.9 7.8 8.0 7.0 6.3
Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing 2.9 3.7 3.9 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.9 3.0 3.1 2.6 4.2
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 12.7 12.8 13.2 10.4 13.5 12.0 11.5 9.0 9.4 12.0 9.3
Motor Vehicle, Body, Trailer & Parts Manufacturing 4.6 7.2 5.0 3.9 5.0 5.1 2.9 3.4 3.9 4.5 4.8
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 8.1 5.6 8.2 6.5 8.5 6.9 8.6 5.6 5.5 7.5 4.5
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 7.7 7.9 4.9 7.8 8.3 6.5 8.1 8.0 10.2 10.8 10.0

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 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)
Miscellaneous Manufacturing 8.9 6.5 10.3 8.9 9.1 11.3 11.5 9.6 12.6 12.7 12.3
Durables 116.6 115.9 122.9 119.4 124.5 129.3 129.1 122.4 124.7 126.0 108.7
Non-durables 78.0 74.1 79.5 74.8 73.3 77.2 79.2 71.0 66.6 71.5 69.2

Services-Producing Sector 1,448.9 1,501.7 1,523.5 1,537.2 1,559.7 1,585.1 1,597.1 1,644.6 1,688.1 1,725.4 1,755.8

Trade 292.3 305.8 303.6 303.3 318.5 325.6 313.0 329.8 343.3 353.2 352.2
Wholesale 61.8 79.2 67.2 67.3 72.2 76.3 65.5 78.5 80.3 79.2 85.5
Farm Product Wholesaler-Distributors - - 1.6 - 2.0 - - - - - -
Petroleum Product Wholesaler-Distributors - - - - - - - - - - -
Food, Beverage and Tobacco Wholesaler-Distributors 12.0 11.6 12.8 10.9 11.2 11.6 11.2 13.3 12.8 11.9 12.4
Personal and Household Goods Wholesaler-Distributors 7.5 7.6 9.6 8.1 8.5 10.4 8.7 9.5 8.9 6.4 8.7
Motor Vehicle and Parts Wholesaler-Distributors 4.2 7.3 4.3 4.6 4.0 5.1 5.9 7.0 8.8 8.8 9.5
Building Material and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 7.8 14.6 10.0 9.5 10.9 8.8 7.9 10.8 12.3 12.7 14.5
Machinery, Equipment & Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 17.1 18.6 16.2 19.7 20.1 21.4 16.7 19.8 21.3 21.7 24.1
Misc. Wholesaler-Distributors & Whol. Agents & Brokers 11.1 17.5 11.9 11.8 14.3 17.7 13.0 16.1 14.9 15.3 14.9
Retail 230.6 226.6 236.4 236.0 246.3 249.3 247.5 251.3 262.9 274.0 266.7
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 22.3 21.0 22.4 25.8 23.8 26.7 25.9 24.1 27.7 28.8 26.3
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 8.0 7.5 8.3 7.7 9.5 9.3 6.9 8.1 11.8 12.6 8.4
Electronics and Appliance Stores 8.3 11.1 9.2 9.2 11.5 10.6 10.7 9.4 11.0 9.3 10.9
Building Material & Garden Equipment & Supplies Dealers 13.0 13.5 13.2 12.9 13.6 15.4 13.2 19.5 20.0 19.2 18.1
Food and Beverage Stores 55.8 56.9 61.3 61.3 64.0 70.8 65.1 67.0 66.8 76.9 79.6
Health and Personal Care Stores 19.1 14.7 17.6 17.2 20.0 19.0 12.9 16.4 18.2 19.5 20.0
Gasoline Stations 11.6 10.0 9.6 11.0 12.2 8.0 11.4 10.2 11.6 8.6 10.4
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 22.3 22.2 22.5 20.3 21.5 17.8 24.8 21.9 24.6 27.3 25.7
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores 14.2 13.8 13.1 13.4 12.3 12.2 14.6 14.1 12.9 15.7 12.3
General Merchandise Stores 26.1 25.8 28.4 26.6 29.0 29.9 28.6 28.5 26.7 29.3 28.9
Miscellaneous Store Retailers 21.6 20.8 23.9 24.3 23.1 23.0 25.6 24.0 24.2 19.9 18.2
Non-Store Retailers 8.2 9.5 6.9 6.2 6.0 6.7 7.7 8.0 7.4 6.9 7.9

Transportation and Warehousing 104.5 116.7 118.1 112.7 110.3 114.5 112.6 116.3 115.8 121.7 123.8
Transportation 101.3 112.4 114.8 108.5 105.2 108.9 108.0 111.7 109.4 114.8 118.5
Air Transportation 16.7 19.9 19.7 16.1 14.2 14.0 11.5 13.2 12.4 14.0 11.5
Rail Transportation 9.6 8.6 6.2 6.5 6.6 7.8 7.7 6.0 4.2 4.7 5.2
Water Transportation 7.1 6.5 5.5 7.1 6.4 6.6 5.4 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.8
Truck Transportation 26.2 27.1 32.1 27.7 27.8 29.5 30.7 34.8 32.8 33.6 35.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 10 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 13.6 13.4 12.3 15.5 16.6 12.1 15.3 16.7 15.1 16.4 18.4
Pipeline Transportation - - - - - - - - - - -
Scenic & Sightseeing Transp. & Support Activ. for Transp. 10.6 18.2 20.6 19.1 19.7 21.2 19.6 18.1 19.3 21.7 21.7
Postal Service 9.2 7.3 8.9 8.1 7.2 8.4 7.6 8.1 9.2 9.1 10.4
Couriers and Messengers 8.1 10.6 8.9 8.1 6.6 8.3 10.0 9.1 9.7 9.6 10.2
Warehousing and Storage 3.2 4.3 3.3 4.2 5.1 5.6 4.6 4.6 6.4 6.9 5.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 11 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing 122.0 120.1 117.0 120.2 123.8 125.9 127.9 131.2 133.2 141.4 138.7
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank & Credit Intermediation/Rel Activ 39.9 38.4 40.9 39.0 39.1 42.5 40.2 45.4 41.6 50.4 46.6
Securities, Commodity Contracts, & Other Intermediation/Rel Activities 12.3 15.6 10.9 16.4 17.7 17.6 14.9 13.6 17.5 16.4 14.6
Insurance Carriers & Activities, Funds & Other Finan. Vehicles 23.6 23.2 27.0 24.9 23.7 20.7 26.7 25.5 25.6 28.5 28.3
Real Estate 38.3 33.2 28.9 27.9 32.3 34.6 34.8 34.3 38.3 36.7 38.7
Rental & Leasing Serv., Owners & Lessors of Other Non-Finan. Assets 7.9 9.7 9.2 11.9 11.0 10.6 11.3 12.5 10.3 9.4 10.4

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 123.8 137.0 136.3 139.2 134.0 136.0 143.1 159.1 164.0 164.1 165.6
Legal Services 17.0 19.1 18.7 17.2 21.2 21.2 17.8 22.4 20.5 17.6 23.3
Accounting and Tax Preparation 20.6 21.6 19.9 20.2 20.5 18.2 20.7 23.9 19.6 22.0 25.3
Architectural, Engineering and Design Services 33.9 30.8 32.0 32.1 31.6 35.2 35.2 42.8 48.0 40.9 45.5
Computer System Design Services 18.7 27.9 31.9 34.3 25.6 28.5 31.6 31.5 36.4 32.4 30.2
Management, Scientific and Technical Services 19.2 22.7 19.4 21.1 20.5 20.2 23.5 22.9 23.6 30.6 23.6
Advertising and Related Services 7.9 8.2 6.5 6.1 6.4 5.4 6.7 8.4 7.9 10.2 6.9
Other Professional Services 6.5 6.6 7.9 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.8 7.3 8.0 10.5 10.7

Business, Building and Other Support Services 65.2 64.8 69.7 70.5 71.8 78.9 79.6 89.5 95.6 95.5 102.6
Employment Services 3.8 4.9 6.4 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.0 4.9 8.1 5.9 8.1
Business Services 6.4 5.2 5.8 7.6 6.8 10.2 8.3 12.6 11.8 12.7 12.9
Travelling Services 9.4 8.4 7.5 8.5 9.0 6.7 11.7 9.9 9.1 10.9 10.3
Security Services 9.2 8.9 9.2 11.7 6.7 10.6 9.8 14.4 12.0 12.5 13.5
Building Services 31.8 30.5 32.2 30.9 36.7 38.4 35.6 36.3 42.4 42.9 44.2
Management of Enterprises & Other Administrative Services 2.5 5.0 5.7 4.0 3.3 2.7 4.3 7.2 5.2 6.2 7.5
Waste Management and Remediation Services 2.1 1.8 3.0 2.7 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.1 6.9 4.4 6.1

Educational Services 117.3 125.1 135.7 137.3 136.7 136.8 132.4 143.2 153.2 154.3 153.3
Primary and Secondary 70.1 75.5 87.0 82.5 80.2 76.9 75.6 81.7 84.0 87.1 86.2
Post-Secondary 10.7 14.5 14.7 16.2 14.6 14.0 14.8 13.6 16.1 13.1 14.3
University 21.4 18.4 16.3 19.4 21.4 30.3 23.6 26.9 34.7 32.8 33.8
Other Schools and Educational Support 15.1 16.6 17.7 19.2 20.5 15.7 18.4 21.0 18.5 21.3 19.0

Health Care and Social Assistance 196.8 194.3 200.8 197.2 211.2 214.3 216.7 212.8 227.7 231.7 241.2
Ambulatory Health Care Services 46.6 52.9 52.5 47.3 51.1 57.8 51.3 58.3 58.1 62.7 67.9
Hospitals 65.5 66.8 70.1 72.1 76.3 73.7 77.3 71.0 85.6 82.8 85.5
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 27.1 26.3 27.3 32.4 35.1 32.2 31.7 36.1 35.2 34.4 36.1
Social Assistance 57.6 48.2 50.9 45.4 48.7 50.7 56.5 47.3 48.8 51.7 51.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 12 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)

Information, culture and recreation 94.4 90.8 97.0 103.7 105.0 105.3 109.8 109.2 109.2 113.9 112.2
Publishing Industries 12.9 10.8 13.7 12.2 11.3 13.8 14.5 15.3 14.4 14.8 14.8
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries 6.1 10.7 10.7 9.7 10.1 10.7 10.5 9.0 11.8 14.1 10.8
Broadcasting and Telecommunications 30.5 23.6 27.4 32.7 30.8 21.0 24.4 22.5 22.4 24.5 24.0
Information Services and Data Processing Services 5.4 5.5 4.7 5.6 4.4 4.5 5.3 7.6 5.3 5.2 5.6
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries 20.0 15.6 12.6 13.7 20.5 17.1 20.6 19.1 18.8 17.7 18.8
Heritage Institutions 1.6 2.7 3.6 3.7 2.5 3.9 2.4 3.5 2.3 3.0 2.9
Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries 17.8 21.9 24.3 26.0 25.4 34.4 32.1 32.2 34.2 34.6 35.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 13 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry,
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(thousands of persons)

Accommodation and food services 147.0 150.0 155.6 164.0 163.0 159.1 170.0 171.7 167.4 168.7 170.6
Accommodation Services 33.8 35.4 37.9 44.0 39.4 37.2 39.7 38.0 34.3 34.3 35.3
Food Services and Drinking Places 113.2 114.6 117.7 120.0 123.6 122.0 130.3 133.8 133.1 134.3 135.3

Other services 92.3 105.6 98.3 98.6 96.0 93.9 92.7 88.4 89.0 86.2 94.8
Repair and Maintenance 34.9 34.0 34.0 36.7 36.7 35.5 32.4 32.6 33.8 33.8 34.1
Personal and Laundry Services 25.4 31.6 27.9 31.9 24.1 27.7 29.6 29.0 29.7 26.5 26.9
Religious, Grant-Making, Civic, Professional & Similar Orgs. 18.1 21.7 22.3 18.5 20.8 18.1 18.1 16.6 16.7 16.7 19.9
Private Households 13.9 18.3 14.0 11.4 14.4 12.6 12.6 10.3 8.8 9.1 13.8

Public administration 93.2 91.7 91.5 90.3 89.5 94.6 99.1 93.2 89.9 94.7 100.9
Federal Government Public Admin (incl. Defence Services) 29.0 32.6 33.5 30.3 32.8 37.0 34.7 32.2 34.4 34.9 37.3
Provincial and Territorial Public Administration 29.1 28.3 26.7 33.2 27.5 28.6 29.7 29.4 26.6 26.1 26.3
Local, Municipal & Regional Public Admin., Aboriginal, Inter &
Other Extra-Territorial Public Admin 35.0 30.7 31.2 26.8 29.2 29.0 34.7 31.5 28.9 33.7 37.3

dash = less than 1.5 (1,500 persons)

NAICS 2007 - North American Industry Classification System

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished

data). Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the
permission of Statistics Canada.
Prepared by BC Stats February 2015

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 14 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

All Industries (NAICS - North American Industry Classification

System) 2,191.9 2,223.0 2,227.8 2,262.5 2,265.6 2,278.4

Goods-Producing Sector 441.4 436.6 431.7 441.4 442.1 449.9

Agriculture 31.6 29.7 25.6 23.8 28.0 24.3

Crop Production 17.3 14.2 13.6 11.1 14.0 12.4
Animal Production 12.6 12.9 9.2 9.7 10.3 8.0
Mix farming - - - - 1.6 1.7
Support Activities for Agriculture - 1.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.2

Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Oil and Gas 39.6 41.7 40.8 43.1 46.8 50.0
Forestry and Logging with support activities 13.8 16.3 14.6 16.2 17.6 19.2
Fishing, Hunting and Trapping 2.2 2.0 - 1.8 1.6 2.0
Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction 23.6 23.4 24.8 25.1 27.6 28.7
Oil and Gas Extraction 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.3 4.2 6.2
Mining (except Oil and Gas) & Mix Mining 12.1 12.0 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.2
Support Activities for Mining & Oil & Gas Extraction 8.5 8.4 7.5 8.2 9.6 9.4

Utilities 11.9 12.2 11.3 11.1 11.2 13.7

Construction 203.7 198.4 197.1 198.6 204.4 200.5

Prime Contracting 77.1 78.8 78.9 78.1 85.2 90.9
Trade Contracting 126.6 119.6 118.3 120.4 119.2 109.7

Manufacturing 154.5 154.6 156.8 164.8 151.7 161.4

Food Manufacturing 23.5 20.6 22.6 24.6 21.9 21.9
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing 3.8 4.3 6.1 4.4 4.8 6.2
Textile Mills & Textile Product Mills - 2.1 2.2 - - 2.6
Clothing Manuf & Leather & Allied Prod 3.6 3.2 4.4 3.6 3.1 4.2
Wood Product Manufacturing 26.3 26.7 29.4 25.2 26.4 29.3
Paper Manufacturing 10.3 9.4 8.7 11.4 10.5 12.2
Printing and Related Support Activities 7.2 6.0 7.3 7.9 6.5 5.5
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - 1.8 - - - -
Chemical Manufacturing 5.3 4.8 4.4 6.5 6.5 7.1
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 5.8 3.8 4.1 4.5 6.4 4.3
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 7.0 6.7 6.8 5.8 4.6 5.1
Primary Metal Manufacturing 5.1 6.7 5.8 5.5 5.0 2.3
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 11.8 12.2 11.2 13.8 11.1 12.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 15 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Machinery Manufacturing 6.3 7.0 9.0 9.7 9.4 8.6

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 4.4 6.9 6.2 7.0 6.2 8.0
Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing 1.6 2.4 1.7 3.9 2.9 3.8
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 9.6 8.6 8.8 10.9 8.5 9.6
Motor Vehicle, Body, Trailer & Parts Manufacturing 1.7 2.6 4.3 3.6 4.0 4.2
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 7.9 6.0 4.5 7.3 4.5 5.4
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 10.1 9.0 6.5 7.9 6.9 7.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 16 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Miscellaneous Manufacturing 10.8 12.5 11.0 9.9 9.8 10.0

Durables 93.0 98.7 96.4 99.6 90.9 96.5
Non-durables 61.5 56.0 60.5 65.1 60.8 64.9

Services-Producing Sector 1,750.6 1,786.5 1,796.1 1,821.0 1,823.5 1,828.5

Trade 359.0 369.4 354.1 346.9 360.5 358.0

Wholesale 85.5 81.9 77.6 81.5 82.0 80.5
Farm Product Wholesaler-Distributors 1.8 - - - - -
Petroleum Product Wholesaler-Distributors - - - - - -
Food, Beverage and Tobacco Wholesaler-Distributors 15.1 11.9 13.2 9.8 14.6 13.0
Personal and Household Goods Wholesaler-Distributors 10.6 9.4 10.8 10.7 8.8 10.1
Motor Vehicle and Parts Wholesaler-Distributors 6.3 7.6 5.3 6.6 5.5 5.9
Building Material and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 13.8 17.4 12.0 15.5 16.2 14.5
Machinery, Equipment & Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors 21.8 18.8 19.6 21.0 19.2 21.7
Misc. Wholesaler-Distributors & Whol. Agents & Brokers 15.1 15.1 14.4 15.8 16.1 13.9
Retail 273.5 287.5 276.5 265.4 278.5 277.5
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 26.9 32.1 28.1 28.3 33.1 28.5
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 9.9 10.8 10.9 9.2 10.4 9.2
Electronics and Appliance Stores 10.7 11.3 11.0 14.3 13.8 15.2
Building Material & Garden Equipment & Supplies Dealers 20.9 18.8 16.5 19.1 17.4 20.3
Food and Beverage Stores 74.2 82.2 75.7 65.9 70.7 72.5
Health and Personal Care Stores 19.8 23.4 23.4 22.4 27.7 22.7
Gasoline Stations 9.0 6.1 8.7 10.3 7.7 7.7
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 25.4 25.1 26.1 26.0 29.3 32.2
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores 11.9 13.2 13.1 13.8 12.8 11.5
General Merchandise Stores 32.7 37.2 37.9 30.1 26.8 28.2
Miscellaneous Store Retailers 23.8 20.5 18.0 20.1 21.2 21.9
Non-Store Retailers 8.3 6.7 7.1 5.8 7.6 7.5

Transportation and Warehousing 113.6 117.7 122.4 129.3 127.3 133.8

Transportation 108.0 111.5 114.5 118.7 118.0 124.9
Air Transportation 12.3 13.6 13.0 10.6 11.9 13.2
Rail Transportation 5.2 5.3 6.1 8.0 6.8 6.2
Water Transportation 3.2 6.4 4.5 4.9 7.5 6.1
Truck Transportation 31.9 29.8 33.3 32.0 36.1 36.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 17 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 19.8 21.0 17.9 20.9 18.2 19.6
Pipeline Transportation - - - - - -
Scenic & Sightseeing Transp. & Support Activ. for Transp. 19.5 18.9 22.4 23.1 22.9 24.2
Postal Service 8.0 8.4 10.0 9.4 6.7 7.4
Couriers and Messengers 7.4 7.8 7.2 9.6 7.5 11.2
Warehousing and Storage 5.6 6.2 7.9 10.6 9.3 8.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 18 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Leasing 132.7 139.8 139.6 136.5 139.6 137.2
Monetary Authorities - Central Bank & Credit Intermediation/Rel Activ 39.8 47.8 37.2 43.5 43.6 43.8
Securities, Commodity Contracts, & Other Intermediation/Rel Activities 17.3 18.2 16.5 18.1 15.7 18.2
Insurance Carriers & Activities, Funds & Other Finan. Vehicles 27.2 28.1 31.8 25.8 28.7 26.9
Real Estate 38.9 37.4 44.9 43.0 43.7 40.2
Rental & Leasing Serv., Owners & Lessors of Other Non-Finan. Assets 9.4 8.4 9.2 6.1 8.0 8.0

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 159.8 163.1 174.2 170.2 178.3 182.3
Legal Services 18.4 22.1 22.2 18.4 23.5 21.4
Accounting and Tax Preparation 23.6 18.7 23.2 19.5 24.4 25.2
Architectural, Engineering and Design Services 44.4 45.0 46.8 47.4 54.1 45.6
Computer System Design Services 31.4 32.6 34.2 40.5 39.7 43.8
Management, Scientific and Technical Services 24.5 26.2 24.9 27.4 21.1 28.6
Advertising and Related Services 7.6 8.7 9.3 7.2 6.2 7.8
Other Professional Services 9.8 9.8 13.6 9.8 9.3 9.9

Business, Building and Other Support Services 97.9 95.4 94.5 96.8 98.8 87.9
Employment Services 8.1 6.4 5.9 4.3 6.9 6.2
Business Services 6.5 6.6 8.2 9.7 8.5 8.5
Travelling Services 9.8 11.2 9.9 10.9 9.0 7.0
Security Services 15.6 16.7 14.6 14.4 15.7 15.9
Building Services 47.3 45.7 42.9 47.8 50.4 39.2
Management of Enterprises & Other Administrative Services 5.8 4.7 7.2 4.4 3.3 5.5
Waste Management and Remediation Services 4.8 4.2 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.6

Educational Services 147.0 152.0 155.3 164.5 166.7 166.3

Primary and Secondary 81.2 83.5 84.6 90.0 91.1 95.1
Post-Secondary 10.4 12.0 11.6 13.2 13.2 12.8
University 33.1 32.5 36.3 36.4 38.4 31.3
Other Schools and Educational Support 22.3 24.0 22.9 24.9 23.9 27.0

Health Care and Social Assistance 257.0 263.8 262.5 275.2 267.2 269.8
Ambulatory Health Care Services 72.2 70.2 76.7 75.7 73.3 70.6
Hospitals 90.8 93.5 90.9 100.3 104.1 92.7
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 40.0 39.4 39.2 42.1 38.8 47.3
Social Assistance 53.9 60.7 55.6 57.1 51.1 59.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 19 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Information, culture and recreation 111.9 112.1 107.6 108.9 107.4 107.7
Publishing Industries 11.7 13.8 14.4 13.0 13.3 11.6
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries 9.1 13.6 10.4 8.3 11.2 10.6
Broadcasting and Telecommunications 24.3 22.3 20.9 21.2 17.7 21.4
Information Services and Data Processing Services 5.7 4.5 4.0 4.8 7.5 5.8
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries 25.3 20.3 19.3 17.4 18.7 17.2
Heritage Institutions 2.7 4.1 4.0 3.1 2.8 3.5
Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries 33.0 33.6 34.6 41.1 36.2 37.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 20 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)
 British Columbia Employment by Detailed Industry, Annual Averages
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Accommodation and food services 170.8 172.4 183.0 182.7 179.5 185.3
Accommodation Services 41.8 33.0 38.8 42.7 37.9 39.6
Food Services and Drinking Places 129.0 139.4 144.2 140.0 141.6 145.7

Other services 95.3 96.0 97.4 109.5 99.4 102.4

Repair and Maintenance 28.3 29.8 33.6 38.9 34.5 33.6
Personal and Laundry Services 32.2 33.0 33.0 32.3 32.5 34.1
Religious, Grant-Making, Civic, Professional & Similar Orgs. 23.1 19.9 18.1 24.2 20.5 24.3
Private Households 11.8 13.3 12.6 14.1 11.9 10.5

Public administration 105.6 104.7 105.7 100.5 98.7 97.9

Federal Government Public Admin (incl. Defence Services) 38.9 42.5 42.6 42.3 34.7 32.1
Provincial and Territorial Public Administration 27.0 26.8 25.1 27.3 28.3 29.1
Local, Municipal & Regional Public Admin., Aboriginal, Inter &
Other Extra-Territorial Public Admin 39.8 35.5 38.0 30.9 35.7 36.6

dash = less than 1.5 (1,500 persons)

NAICS 2007 - North American Industry Classification System

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished

data). Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the
permission of Statistics Canada.
Prepared by BC Stats February 2015

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (unpublished data). Page 21 of 21 Prepared by: BC Stats (February 2015)