Table 3.7
Labour force in fishing industries for selected marine coastal ecodistricts, 2006

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Labour force in fishing industries for selected marine coastal ecodistricts, 2006
Table summary
This table displays the labour force in fishing industries for selected marine coastal ecodistricts for 2006. The row headers are comprised of Canada, the Atlantic and Pacific drainage areas and the ecodistrict names. The column headers are comprised of the ecodistrict code, the total labour force, in persons, the labour force in fishing industries, in persons, and the share of total, in percent, for 2006.
  Ecodistrict Labour force
Total 1 Fishing industries 2 Share of total
  code persons percent
Canada … 736,525 74,740 10.1
Atlantic Drainage Area … 475,475 64,750 13.6
Atlantic 516 54,535 9,165 16.8
Northumberland Shore 500 43,050 7,355 17.1
North Shore 470 22,050 5,175 23.5
Northeastern Barrens 471 31,005 4,975 16.0
South Coast Barrens 474 20,995 3,640 17.3
Charlottetown 536 16,350 2,935 18.0
Gaspe Peninsula 478 21,435 2,650 12.4
Southeastern Barrens 475 33,720 2,420 7.2
O'Leary 534 8,500 2,030 23.9
Madelaine 539 9,085 1,875 20.6
Pacific Drainage Area … 261,050 9,990 3.8
Fraser Lowland 959 165,360 4,000 2.4
Nanaimo Lowland 956 55,230 2,095 3.8
Hecate Lowland 946 8,695 1,355 15.6
Nahwitti Lowland 952 4,380 490 11.2
Leeward Island Mountains 955 6,050 475 7.9
Georgia Lowland 958 5,525 390 7.1
Windward Island Mountains 954 3,605 370 10.3
Strait of Georgia 957 5,460 325 6.0
Queen Charlotte 943 1,040 190 18.3
Queen Charlotte Strait 947 680 95 14.0
1.
Total labour force refers to the labour force in census blocks where the fishing industry is present, not the total labour force present in the ecodistrict.
2.
Fishing industries include: the Fishing industry (NAICS 1141), the Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging industry (NAICS 3117) and the Aquaculture industry (1125).
Note(s):
Ecodistricts are characterized by distinctive assemblages of relief, fauna, water bodies, soils, landforms and geology and are the lowest level in the Ecological Framework of Canada hierarchy (Appendix H). Coastal ecodistricts are ecodistricts that have a marine shoreline and in which part of the population is active in the marine fishing industry.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2013, special tabulation of data from the 2006 Census of Population.
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