Table 5-1
Waste management industry by province and territory — Business sector characteristics

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Business sector characteristics: Part 1
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  number
Number of businesses  
2006 24 5 56 49 414 410
2008 21 9 63 52 425 481
Total employees 1  
2006 226 105 804 627 5,430 9,547
2008 194 111 863 598 5,949 10,589
Full-time employees  
2006 171 105 716 494 5,106 9,243
2008 166 111 x 548 5,735 10,342
Part-time employees  
2006 55 0 88 133 324 304
2008 28 0 x 50 214 247
  thousand dollars
Operating revenues 2  
2006 20,952 18,699 120,663 70,146 1,043,895 2,353,301
2008 31,771 19,384 129,278 116,072 1,071,505 2,456,664
Operating expenditures 2  
2006 17,906 15,538 110,850 66,206 895,108 2,003,318
2008 28,647 15,543 116,422 107,972 933,828 2,218,034
Capital expenditures 2  
2006 626 x 5,688 6,802 67,559 145,938
2008 x x 6,956 5,474 46,028 149,840
Business sector characteristics: Part 2
  Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Canada
  number
Number of businesses  
2006 26 37 193 231 11 1,477
2008 38 44 249 254 13 1,649
Total employees 1  
2006 547 1,064 2,529 2,923 69 23,871
2008 531 1,119 3,054 3,443 99 26,550
Full-time employees  
2006 510 888 2,372 2,821 59 22,485
2008 511 x 2,888 3,342 91 25,327
Part-time employees  
2006 37 176 157 102 10 1,386
2008 20 x 166 101 8 1,223
  thousand dollars
Operating revenues 2  
2006 115,736 99,838 556,758 765,511 10,913 5,176,411
2008 157,140 121,504 960,537 769,012 14,879 5,847,745
Operating expenditures 2  
2006 89,925 87,239 438,647 575,130 9,270 4,309,137
2008 126,917 106,068 786,955 665,607 12,728 5,118,722
Capital expenditures 2  
2006 x 6,631 31,537 23,909 1,657 303,221
2008 13,963 19,487 142,289 24,225 x 411,651
1.
Includes full and part-time employees. All employment estimates obtained from administrative data were counted as full-time employees.
2.
Includes only those revenues and expenditures related to waste management activities.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. This table includes administrative data for businesses that were below the survey threshold for inclusion. As businesses may operate in more than one province or territory, the national totals will not equal the sum of the provincial totals.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0044.
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