Table 3
Jobs in tourism industries and total economy, Canada, 2005 to 2011

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Table 3
Jobs in tourism industries and total economy, Canada, 2005 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of jobs in tourism industries and total economy. This information is grouped by 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and percentage change 2010 to 2011 (appearing as column headers), calculated using thousands of jobs and % as units of measure.
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 percent change 2010 to 2011
thousands of jobs %
Number of jobs in Canada  
Transportation 193 204 212 218 208 211 217 2.4
Air transportation 44 47 47 47 41 43 44 4.1
Other transportation 148 157 165 171 167 169 172 2.0
Accommodation 220 221 228 237 220 225 229 1.7
Food and beverage services 849 851 864 873 860 876 893 2.0
Recreation and entertainment 265 263 272 277 274 274 277 1.4
Travel services 44 44 46 48 44 44 45 2.9
Employee 1,459 1,477 1,509 1,537 1,495 1,516 1,553 2.5
Self-employed 110 106 114 116 111 114 107 -5.5
Ratio self-employed to total tourism 0.070 0.067 0.070 0.070 0.069 0.070 0.065 ...
Full-time 947 957 996 1,005 971 973 989 1.7
Part-time 622 626 627 648 635 657 671 2.2
Ratio part-time to total tourism 0.396 0.396 0.386 0.392 0.395 0.403 0.404 ...
Total tourism industries 1,569 1,583 1,623 1,653 1,606 1,629 1,661 1.9
percent change -0.7 0.8 2.5 1.9 -2.8 1.5 1.9 ...
Total economyNote 1 16,405 16,677 17,047 17,330 17,036 17,339 17,624 1.6
percent change 1.5 1.7 2.2 1.7 -1.7 1.8 1.6 ...
Ratio tourism to total economy 0.096 0.095 0.095 0.095 0.094 0.094 0.094 ...
Employee 14,847 15,135 15,444 15,745 15,433 15,732 16,024 1.9
Self-employed 1,558 1,542 1,603 1,585 1,603 1,606 1,601 -0.3
Ratio self-employed to total economy 0.095 0.092 0.094 0.091 0.094 0.093 0.091 ...
Full-time 12,780 13,057 13,318 13,505 13,154 13,342 13,609 2.0
Part-time 3,625 3,619 3,729 3,825 3,882 3,996 4,016 0.5
Ratio part-time to total economy 0.221 0.217 0.219 0.221 0.228 0.230 0.228 ...
Note:
1. Source: CANSIM: Table 383-0009.
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