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Fact Sheet
Key Industries |
Manufacturing |
Fact Sheet
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- The Manufacturing industry will show the highest average GDP growth of any industry, averaging 4.4% annually.
- Every dollar of manufacturing output in the province generates $3.21 in total economic activity.
- Opportunities to work full-time are better in manufacturing than in many other industries. Current employment needs in this sector range across the entire occupational spectrum, from management to skilled trades and operator/assemblers.
- Out of the 21 identified sub-sectors of the Manufacturing Sector, there are 5 sub-sectors which dominate Calgary's employment. These are:
- "Fabricated Metal Products" (NAICS 332)
- "Machinery Manufacturing" (NAICS 333)
- "Furniture and Related Products" (NAICS 337)
- "Food Manufacturing" (NAICS 311)
- "Miscellaneous Manufacturing" (NAICS 339)
- Collectively, these 5 sub-sectors account for over 70% (11,200) of the new manufacturing jobs created in Calgary's Manufacturing sector.
- Although Calgary's manufacturing sector remains highly concentrated in oil and gas, gradual diversification into other fields has created manufacturing industry successes in plastics, metal fabrication, machinery, packaging and building materials.
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