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Employment Overview
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Employment Overview
- Calgary had the highest total labour force growth at 36% and annual average growth of 3.5% over the past 10 years (1995-2004)
Total Labour Force Growth, Canadian CMAs (1995-2004)
Source: Conference Board of Canada
- Calgary had the highest labour force participation rate in 2004 at 75.5%
- Consistently, Calgary experienced the highest labour force participation rate for the past 10 years with an average annual rate of 74.7% (1995-2004)
Average Annual Participation Rate, Canadian CMAs (1995-2004)
Source: Conference Board of Canada
- Calgary had the highest total employment growth at a rate of 40.7% over the past 10 years (1995-2004)
Total Employment Growth, Canadian CMAs (1995-2004)
Source: Conference Board of Canada
- Calgary had the highest average annual growth rate of employment at 4.0% over the past 10 years (1995-2004)
- Calgary experienced the lowest 5-year average annual unemployment rate of 5.0% (2000-2004)
Average Annual Unemployment Rate, Canadian CMAs (2000- 2004)
Source: Conference Board of Canada
- Calgary had the lowest 10-year average annual unemployment rate of 5.7% (1995-2004)
- Calgary experienced the highest employment-to-population ratio at 57.7%
- 49% of Calgarians within the core working age group of 25 - 54
- Calgary's labor force is the most productive in Canada at $75,845 real GDP per worker
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EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTY: CALGARY ECONOMIC REGION, 2004 |
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INDUSTRIES |
PERSONS
(000's) |
DISTRIBUTION
(%) |
| Agriculture |
6.2 |
1.0 |
| Other Primary |
37.3 |
5.8 |
| Manufacturing |
53.3 |
8.3 |
| Construction |
56.8 |
8.8 |
| Utilities |
3.4 |
0.5 |
| Transportation & Warehousing |
39.0 |
6.1 |
| Trade |
97.5 |
15.1 |
| FIRE |
37.9 |
5.9 |
Professional, Scientific
and Technical Services |
66.2 |
10.3 |
Business, Building
and Other Support Services |
29.2 |
4.5 |
Accomodation
and Food Services |
46.5 |
7.2 |
| Educational Services |
32.4 |
5.0 |
Health Care
and Social Assistance |
52.6 |
8.2 |
Information, Culture
and Recreation |
34.2 |
5.3 |
| Other Services |
30.6 |
4.8 |
| Public Administration |
20.4 |
3.2 |
| TOTAL |
643.3 |
100.0 |
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