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Table 2
Union membership, 2010

Table 2 Union membership, 2010
	Total employees	Total	Density
	Total employees	Union member¹
	'000	'000	%
Both sexes	14,371	4,240	29.5
Men	7,175	2,023	28.2
Women	7,196	2,217	30.8
Sector²
Public	3,511	2,507	71.4
Private	10,860	1,733	16.0
Age
15 to 24	2,362	338	14.3
25 to 54	9,892	3,177	32.1
25 to 44	6,407	1,911	29.8
45 to 54	3,485	1,266	36.3
55 and over	2,117	725	34.2
Education
Less than Grade 9	272	69	25.3
Some high school	1,295	263	20.3
High school graduation	2,851	721	25.3
Some postsecondary	1,219	268	21.9
Postsecondary certificate or diploma	5,127	1,704	33.2
University degree	3,607	1,216	33.7
Province
Atlantic	959	288	30.0
Newfoundland and Labrador	197	74	37.3
Prince Edward Island	59	18	30.3
Nova Scotia	392	111	28.4
New Brunswick	312	85	27.4
Quebec	3,369	1,214	36.0
Ontario	5,593	1,481	26.5
Prairies	2,626	710	27.0
Manitoba	530	189	35.7
Saskatchewan	423	143	33.9
Alberta	1,674	377	22.6
British Columbia	1,824	547	30.0
Work status
Full-time	11,683	3,621	31.0
Part-time	2,688	619	23.0
Industry
Goods-producing	3,049	812	26.6
Agriculture	113	3	2.8
Mining, quarrying, oil and gas	284	57	20.2
Utilities	148	96	64.7
Construction	852	257	30.2
Manufacturing	1,652	398	24.1
Service-producing	11,322	3,428	30.3
Trade	2,391	307	12.8
Transportation and warehousing	664	275	41.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	900	76	8.4
Professional, scientific and technical	819	37	4.5
Business, building and other support	506	73	14.5
Education	1,153	769	66.7
Health care and social assistance	1,793	953	53.2
Information, culture and recreation	645	164	25.5
Accommodation and food	973	71	7.3
Other	523	46	8.9
Public administration	956	657	68.7
Occupation
Management	1,005	86	8.6
Business, finance and administrative	2,764	685	24.8
Professional	410	69	16.9
Financial and administrative	754	191	25.4
Clerical	1,601	424	26.5
Natural and applied sciences	1,092	253	23.1
Health	956	586	61.3
Professional	104	44	42.1
Nursing	286	226	79.2
Technical	228	135	59.3
Support staff	339	181	53.3
Social and public service	1,414	777	54.9
Legal, social and religious workers	715	262	36.7
Teachers and professors	700	515	73.6
Secondary and elementary	471	404	85.9
Other	229	110	48.1
Art, culture, recreation and sport	347	97	28.1
Sales and service	3,722	762	20.5
Wholesale	386	20	5.2
Retail	1,078	141	13.1
Food and beverage	533	52	9.7
Protective services	253	145	57.4
Child care and home support	184	80	43.6
Travel and accommodation	1,288	325	25.2
Trades, transport and equipment operators	2,048	719	35.1
Contractors and supervisors	142	41	29.0
Construction trades	297	110	36.9
Other trades	781	290	37.1
Transportation equipment operators	499	182	36.4
Helpers and labourers	330	97	29.5
Unique to primary industry	274	40	14.4
Unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities	750	236	31.4
Machine operators and assemblers	608	189	31.0
Labourers	141	47	33.2
Workplace size
Under 20 employees	4,832	645	13.3
20 to 99 employees	4,756	1,408	29.6
100 to 500 employees	2,961	1,210	40.9
Over 500 employees	1,822	977	53.6
Job tenure
1 to 12 months	2,975	464	15.6
Over 1 year to 5 years	4,876	1,176	24.1
Over 5 years to 9 years	2,023	637	31.5
Over 9 years to 14 years	1,673	615	36.8
Over 14 years	2,824	1,347	47.7
Job status
Permanent	12,449	3,735	30.0
Non-permanent	1,922	505	26.2
1. Excludes non-members covered by a collective agreement. 2. Public sector employees are those working for government departments or agencies; Crown corporations; or publicly funded schools, hospitals or other institutions. Private sector employees are all other wage and salary earners. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.

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Table 2 Union membership, 2010

Table 2
Union membership, 2010