Statistical data

1. Select area

2. Select year

Forest sector employment (British Columbia)
	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (number) ^{Footnote 1}
Forestry and logging	11,250	10,131	11,209	12,208	12,056	11,935	12,396	11,775	11,389	11,345	11,125	10,585	9,505	12,434	14,739	14,952	16,517	17,756	17,097	17,016	17,385	18,295	17,774	17,628	19,713	20,108	19,843	19,603	18,161	17,268	18,026
Pulp and paper product manufacturing	6,530	6,597	7,170	7,230	7,912	7,837	8,417	8,246	7,874	7,788	7,296	7,638	8,664	10,725	11,924	12,234	12,260	13,214	13,611	11,595	15,026	18,831	17,766	16,594	16,577	18,471	20,285	20,312	20,977	20,784	23,334
Support activities for forestry	6,009	5,263	5,444	5,560	5,350	5,001	4,603	4,327	3,909	3,643	3,709	3,662	3,894	4,129	4,578	4,545	4,128	4,409	5,158	8,564	8,794	16,653	16,706	15,137	18,362	17,517	19,987	18,148	15,927	14,512	15,142
Wood product manufacturing	23,851	23,036	26,776	27,888	27,117	26,943	26,377	26,320	25,414	24,679	24,916	24,375	24,786	31,123	33,918	34,195	35,936	36,513	35,992	36,737	37,590	43,352	41,233	39,396	43,070	42,633	40,408	43,052	38,313	38,735	40,647
Total	47,640	45,027	50,599	52,886	52,435	51,716	51,793	50,668	48,586	47,455	47,046	46,260	46,849	58,411	65,159	65,926	68,841	71,892	71,858	73,912	78,795	97,131	93,479	88,755	97,722	98,729	100,523	101,115	93,378	91,299	97,149
Canadian System of National Accounts (number) ^{Footnote 2}
Forestry and logging	11,975	10,335	12,435	13,200	12,910	13,070	12,290	12,625	11,785	12,310	11,970	11,570	10,015	14,080	16,615	18,610	23,285	23,135	22,370	22,635	22,970	23,745	24,560	22,345	26,890
Pulp and paper product manufacturing	7,755	6,840	7,610	7,815	7,430	6,995	7,130	7,475	8,175	7,810	8,310	8,875	9,030	10,600	12,150	13,290	13,580	12,580	10,490	11,835	14,105	18,290	16,295	14,215	17,055
Support activities for forestry	8,645	7,420	9,125	9,085	8,375	8,385	7,685	7,605	7,290	7,425	7,270	6,710	7,185	7,425	7,695	7,690	6,815	6,865	7,730	7,510	8,070	9,735	10,070	10,600	9,780
Wood product manufacturing	27,340	23,455	26,475	29,050	29,295	28,045	25,140	26,635	26,115	25,455	23,225	24,075	22,685	28,105	33,000	37,190	42,875	45,505	39,350	41,255	39,585	45,425	51,690	46,155	54,845
Total	55,715	48,050	55,645	59,150	58,010	56,495	52,245	54,340	53,365	53,000	50,775	51,230	48,915	60,210	69,460	76,780	86,555	88,085	79,940	83,235	84,730	97,195	102,615	93,315	108,570
Wages and salaries (dollars) ^{Footnote 3}
Logging		733,153,000	874,316,000	878,159,000	794,641,000	728,219,000	703,380,000	721,947,000	613,919,000	599,458,000	587,966,000	547,203,000	507,824,000	850,745,000	985,208,000	1,005,396,000	1,094,227,000	1,099,165,000	717,376,000	952,454,000	874,001,000	786,953,000	930,966,000	896,975,000	955,896,000	943,716,000	889,693,000	810,934,000	862,850,000	782,190,000	715,543,000	756,235,000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing		551,945,000	616,296,000	624,493,000	610,118,000	589,908,000	603,388,000	670,906,000	548,844,000	600,462,000	614,777,000	597,438,000	582,395,000	729,070,000	798,933,000	847,209,000	883,511,000	909,681,000	866,914,000	819,118,000	872,315,000	920,148,000	988,216,000	855,803,000	1,000,816,000	1,015,151,000	1,022,797,000	949,246,000	911,476,000	857,130,000	873,370,000	888,001,000
Wood product manufacturing		1,511,963,000	1,495,990,000	1,661,009,000	1,637,077,000	1,560,756,000	1,524,759,000	1,454,371,000	1,353,677,000	1,266,912,000	1,214,497,000	1,195,766,000	1,124,342,000	1,399,504,000	1,666,185,000	1,792,687,000	1,763,030,000	1,773,111,000	1,623,369,000	1,686,610,000	1,702,294,000	1,781,855,000	1,855,033,000	1,741,839,000	1,877,669,000	1,857,960,000	1,872,386,000	1,833,765,000	1,707,546,000	1,575,306,000	1,401,327,000	1,548,342,000
Total		2,797,061,000	2,986,602,000	3,163,661,000	3,041,836,000	2,878,883,000	2,831,527,000	2,847,224,000	2,516,440,000	2,466,832,000	2,417,240,000	2,340,407,000	2,214,561,000	2,979,319,000	3,450,326,000	3,645,292,000	3,740,768,000	3,781,957,000	3,207,659,000	3,458,182,000	3,448,610,000	3,488,956,000	3,774,215,000	3,494,617,000	3,834,381,000	3,816,827,000	3,784,876,000	3,593,945,000	3,481,872,000	3,214,626,000	2,990,240,000	3,192,578,000

Download

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0202-01 (formerly CANSIM 281-0024): Employment by industry, annual. (accessed March 29, 2022).

Notes:

Employment–includes jobs held by people employed directly in the following subsectors: forestry and logging, support activities for forestry, pulp and paper product manufacturing, and wood product manufacturing.
Natural Resources Canada prefers to use employment data from Statistics Canada’s System of National Accounts (SNA) because these data are linked to the underlying framework used to compile the Canadian System of Natural Economic Accounts (e.g., GDP, national wealth).
SEPH data focus on industry and can be used for comparing direct company employment in forestry with that in other sectors.

Return to footnote 1 TEXT-REFERRER

Footnote 2

Canadian System of National Accounts

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0489-01 (formerly CANSIM 383-0031): Labour statistics consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA), by job category and industry. (accessed May 20, 2022).

Note: Natural Resources Canada prefers to use employment data from Statistics Canada’s System of National Accounts (SNA) because these data are linked to the underlying framework used to compile the Canadian System of Natural Economic Accounts (e.g., GDP, national wealth).

Return to footnote 2 TEXT-REFERRER

Footnote 3

Wages and salaries

Sources:

Statistics Canada. Table 16-10-0117-01 (formerly CANSIM 301-0008): Principal statistics for manufacturing industries, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (x 1,000). (accessed March 3, 2022).
Statistics Canada. Table 16-10-0114-01 (formerly CANSIM 301-0009): Logging industries, principal statistics by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (x 1,000). (accessed May 25, 2022).

Note: Wages and salaries are the earnings, in cash or in kind, of Canadian residents for work performed before deduction of income taxes and contributions to pension funds, employment insurance and other social insurance schemes.

Return to footnote 3 TEXT-REFERRER

Statistical data

Forest sector employment (British Columbia)