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Table 2 Union membership, 2007

	Total employees	Total	Density
	Total employees	Union member¹
	'000	'000	%
Both sexes	14,251	4,175	29.3
Men	7,186	2,070	28.8
Women	7,066	2,105	29.8
Sector²
Public	3,283	2,331	71.0
Private	10,969	1,845	16.8
Age
15 to 24	2,500	330	13.2
25 to 54	9,959	3,226	32.4
25 to 44	6,607	1,944	29.4
45 to 54	3,353	1,282	38.2
55 and over	1,792	620	34.6
Education
Less than Grade 9	325	80	24.7
Some high school	1,496	306	20.5
High school graduation	2,932	754	25.7
Some postsecondary	1,220	257	21.1
Postsecondary certificate or diploma	5,003	1,677	33.5
University degree	3,276	1,101	33.6
Province
Atlantic	964	282	29.2
Newfoundland and Labrador	193	70	36.0
Prince Edward Island	60	17	28.3
Nova Scotia	391	111	28.4
New Brunswick	321	85	26.5
Quebec	3,300	1,183	35.9
Ontario	5,607	1,486	26.5
Prairies	2,540	667	26.3
Manitoba	508	178	35.0
Saskatchewan	409	135	33.1
Alberta	1,623	354	21.8
British Columbia	1,841	557	30.3
Work status
Full-time	11,716	3,599	30.7
Part-time	2,535	577	22.7
Industry
Goods-producing	3,278	928	28.3
Agriculture	127	5	4.0
Mining, oil and gas	288	60	20.8
Utilities	138	91	65.7
Construction	780	238	30.5
Manufacturing	1,944	534	27.5
Service-producing	10,974	3,248	29.6
Trade	2,380	303	12.7
Transportation and warehousing	680	277	40.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing	877	84	9.6
Professional, scientific and technical	757	32	4.3
Business, building and other support	542	69	12.7
Education	1,130	756	66.9
Health care and social assistance	1,621	862	53.2
Information and cultural	661	165	25.0
Accommodation and food	970	71	7.3
Other	492	45	9.1
Public administration	864	583	67.5
Occupation
Management	1,006	84	8.3
Business, finance and administrative	2,753	677	24.6
Professional	376	64	17.1
Financial and administrative	712	163	23.0
Clerical	1,666	449	27.0
Natural and applied sciences	1,051	243	23.2
Health	864	535	61.9
Professional	98	41	41.6
Nursing	273	218	79.7
Technical	217	125	57.8
Support staff	276	151	54.7
Social and public service	1,276	716	56.1
Legal, social and religious workers	600	217	36.2
Teachers and professors	676	499	73.8
Secondary and elementary	447	385	86.1
Other	229	114	49.8
Art, culture, recreation and sport	324	79	24.3
Sales and service	3,687	726	19.7
Wholesale	384	20	5.1
Retail	1,069	127	11.9
Food and beverage	556	44	7.9
Protective services	235	129	54.8
Child care and home support	178	82	46.3
Travel and accommodation	1,265	324	25.6
Trades, transport and equipment operators	2,066	753	36.4
Contractors and supervisors	114	36	31.7
Construction trades	275	110	39.8
Other trades	811	318	39.2
Transportation equipment operators	519	184	35.5
Helpers and labourers	347	105	30.2
Unique to primary industries	293	44	15.1
Unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities	930	320	34.4
Machine operators and assemblers	737	252	34.3
Labourers	194	67	34.7
Workplace size
Under 20 employees	4,684	607	13.0
20 to 99 employees	4,670	1,375	29.5
100 to 500 employees	2,994	1,207	40.3
Over 500 employees	1,904	985	51.7
Job tenure
1 to 12 months	3,425	509	14.8
Over 1 year to 5 years	4,494	1,031	22.9
Over 5 years to 9 years	2,209	722	32.7
Over 9 years to 14 years	1,321	478	36.2
Over 14 years	2,802	1,436	51.2
Job status
Permanent	12,409	3,710	29.9
Non-permanent	1,843	465	25.3
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.