Unemployment Rate

Description:

Unemployment Rate (15 years and over), by industry type.

Methods and Limitations:

Industry type is defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

‘Oil and Gas’ refers to NAICS 211, “oil and gas extraction”.

As defined by Statistics Canada, “[211] comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating oil and gas field properties. Such activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment and field gathering lines for crude petroleum; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property. This subsector includes the production of oil, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, and the production of gas and hydrocarbon liquids, through gasification, liquefaction and pyrolysis of coal at the mine site.

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular group (age, sex, marital status, etc.) is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group. Estimates are percentages, rounded to the nearest tenth

Source:

Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0023-01  Labour force characteristics by industry, annual (x 1,000)

Data is publicly available for aggregate unemployment rates among mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. Data for just oil and gas extraction [211] was custom ordered from Statistics Canada.

Statistics Canada. North American Industry Classification System (NACIS) Canada 2021. Retrieved from: https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=118464&CVD=118466&CPV=211&CST=01012012&CLV=1&MLV=5