Employment in Selected Agri-food Industries, Ontario, 2006-2012

 

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2006-2012 CAGR a % change 2012 to 2011 2006-2012 average
Crop and Animal Production (primary agriculture) (111-112, 1151-1152)
99,000
95,200
84,500
84,000
84,600
92,100
94,200
-0.8%
2.3%
90,514
Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing (311, 312)
98,349
96,306
95,372
95,950
95,382
94,016
95,321
-0.5%
1.4%
95,814
Food Manufacturing (311)
85,873
84,719
84,051
84,122
83,328
82,191
81,460
-0.9%
-0.9%
83,678
Animal Food Manufacturing (3111)
3,803
3,860
3,849
3,508
3,510
3,489
3,512
-1.3%
0.7%
3,647
Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112)
4,945
4,252
4,524
3,965
4,624
4,860
4,810
-0.5%
-1.0%
4,569
Sugar and Confectionery Products Manufacturing (3113)
7,918
7,295
6,459
6,273
6,211
4,973
4,385
-9.4%
-11.8%
6,216
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)
11,187
12,039
11,004
10,226
10,665
10,283
9,439
-2.8%
-8.2%
10,692
Dairy Product Manufacturing (3115)
6,691
6,667
7,408
7,388
7,435
8,171
8,741
4.6%
7.0%
7,500
Meat Product Manufacturing (3116)
20,074
21,050
20,848
20,713
19,682
18,987
18,817
-1.1%
-0.9%
20,024
Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)
864
819
764
732
632
609
614
-5.5%
0.8%
719
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing (3118)
20,290
19,719
19,123
19,862
19,776
19,421
19,654
-0.5%
1.2%
19,692
Other Food Manufacturing (3119)
10,102
9,018
10,071
11,454
10,793
11,398
11,487
2.2%
0.8%
10,618
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (312)
12,476
11,587
11,321
11,828
12,054
11,825
13,861
1.8%
17.2%
12,136
Sub-total
197,349
191,506
179,872
179,950
179,982
186,116
189,521
-0.7%
1.8%
186,328

 

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2006-2012 CAGR a % change 2012 to 2011 2006-2012 average
Farm product wholesaler-distributors [411]
3,715
3,668
3,716
3,544
3,903
4,003
3,709
0.0%
-7.3%
3,751
Food wholesaling (413)
33,579
34,671
34,991
34,285
34,790
35,332
35,852
1.1%
1.5%
34,786
Agricultural supplies wholesaler-distributors [4183]
4,221
4,543
4,629
4,539
4,190
4,597
4,780
2.1%
4.0%
4,500
Food retailing (445)
159,467
156,527
170,716
171,727
166,367
159,726
165,152
0.6%
3.4%
164,240
Food services and drinking places (722)
295,182
309,299
324,098
321,051
316,427
326,661
339,702
2.4%
4.0%
318,917
Leather and allied product manufacturing (316)
1,287
1,081
927
802
897
957
1,019
-3.8%
6.5%
996
Sub-total
497,451
509,789
539,077
535,948
526,574
531,276
550,214
1.7%
3.6%
527,190

 

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2006-2012 CAGR a % change 2012 to 2011 2006-2012 average

Total Agri-food Sector

694,800

701,295

718,949

715,898

706,556

717,392

739,735

1.0%

3.1%

713,518

Total Employed Labour Force, Ontario

6,448,700

6,564,300

6,666,300

6,502,000

6,610,000

6,731,300

6,783,700

0.8%

0.8%

6,615,186
Agri-food employment as a percent of Total Employment
10.8%
10.7%
10.8%
11.0%
10.7%
10.7%
10.9%


a) CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate

Related Links:

Food, Beverage and Tobacco Industry Manufacturing Statistics, Ontario (pdf)
GDP for Ontario Economy (excel)
GDP for Agri-Food Industries, Ontario (excel)
GDP for Goods-Producing Industries, Ontario (excel)
GDP by Manufacturing Industries, Ontario (excel)


Selected Economic Indicators, Ontario
Consumer Price Index, Ontario

Reference: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (for primary agriculture and total employed labour force) and Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (all other industries)


Author :  
 Anna Staciwa - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed :  
 30 April 2012
For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca