Oil and Gas Employees (by sex)

Description:

Percent of Alberta employees in oil and gas extraction (NACIS 211), by sex

Methods and Limitations:

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

NAICS 211 refers to 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.

Employment refers to the “number of persons who, during the reference week, worked for pay or profit, or performed unpaid family work or had a job but were not at work due to own illness or disability, personal or family responsibilities, labour dispute, vacation, or other reason. Those persons on layoff and persons without work but who had a job to start at a definite date in the future are not considered employed. Estimates in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred.”

Estimates in thousands, rounded to the nearest hundred

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