Table 4
Weekly hours worked in tourism industries and total economy, Canada, 2007 to 2012

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Table 4 Weekly hours worked in tourism industries and total economy, Canada, 2007 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 4 weekly hours worked in tourism industries and total economy 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and percent change 2011 to 2012, calculated using hours and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 percent change 2011 to 2012
hours %
Weekly hours worked in Canada per job  
Transportation 34.5 34.7 34.0 34.2 33.9 33.7 -0.6
Air transportation 32.4 31.8 32.1 33.0 32.5 32.4 -0.4
Other transportation 35.1 35.6 34.4 34.5 34.2 34.0 -0.6
Accommodation 33.1 32.6 31.7 31.5 31.5 31.9 1.1
Food and beverage services 28.0 27.9 27.2 26.9 26.8 27.3 1.7
Recreation and entertainment 29.0 29.1 28.3 28.4 28.3 28.3 -0.2
Travel services 34.3 33.3 34.3 35.0 34.4 35.3 2.6
Employee 29.4 29.3 28.7 28.5 28.5 28.8 1.0
Self-employed 36.6 36.8 34.9 34.8 33.5 33.7 0.6
Ratio self-employed to employee 1.242 1.255 1.215 1.220 1.175 1.169 Note ...: not applicable
Full-time 38.8 38.9 38.0 37.9 37.8 37.9 0.2
Part-time 15.9 15.8 15.5 15.7 15.7 15.7 0.1
Ratio part-time to full-time 0.411 0.406 0.408 0.413 0.414 0.414 Note ...: not applicable
Total tourism industries 29.9 29.8 29.1 28.9 28.8 29.1 1.0
percent change -0.1 -0.4 -2.4 -0.6 -0.3 1.0 Note ...: not applicable
Total economyNote 1 33.4 33.3 32.7 32.7 32.7 32.9 0.7
percent changeNote 2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period -0.4 -1.9 0.1 -0.2 0.7 Note ...: not applicable
Ratio tourism to total economy 0.895 0.895 0.890 0.885 0.883 0.885 Note ...: not applicable
Employee 33.4 33.3 32.7 32.8 32.8 33.0 0.7
Self-employed 33.7 33.2 32.3 31.9 31.4 31.6 0.6
Ratio self-employed to employee 1.010 0.995 0.987 0.972 0.957 0.956 Note ...: not applicable
Full-time 38.2 38.1 37.6 37.7 37.5 37.7 0.6
Part-time 16.3 16.3 16.2 16.0 16.0 16.1 0.4
Ratio part-time to full-time 0.427 0.429 0.432 0.424 0.427 0.426 Note ...: not applicable
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