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In March 2024, Canada’s energy industry employed approximately 203,700 workers—reflecting a 2.1% increase (+4,100) from February. Employment in the refining, exploration and production and energy services sectors increased by 9.0% (+1,400), 2.4% (+2,300) and 1.5% (+1,100) respectively, while the pipelines sector decreased by 6.1% (-700). Canada’s energy industry unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points in March 2024 to 5.2%.

Compared to March 2023, energy industry employment was up 7.8% (+14,800). Year-over-year, employment in the energy services, refining and exploration and production sectors increased by 22.4% (+14,100), 16.4% (+2,400) and 1.7% (+1,700) respectively, while employment in the pipelines sector decreased by 23.9% (-3,400).

Of the 203,700 workers employed in the energy industry, 197,900 were employed full-time and 5,800 were part-time. Most workers were employees (191,100) and 12,600 were self-employed. The energy services sector had the most self-employed workers at 9,700.

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Canada's energy industry composition

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All data and figures were sourced from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS). Included are labour force, employment and unemployment from the following established energy sectors: exploration and production (including oil sands), energy services, pipelines and refining*. Since the LFS is a sample survey, all estimates are subject to both sampling and non-sampling errors. As such, data availability and accuracy can be challenging for data subsets (e.g., by sector and by province).

*Refining data available starting in February 2023.

For an overview of the Labour Force Survey and definitions please visit: Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey

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