Annex VIII
Economic Data Tables

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Ontario Labour Markets
Ontario, Labour Force, 1992–2005
Ontario, Employment, 1992–2005
Ontario, Unemployment, 1992–2005
Ontario, Employment Insurance (EI) and Social Assistance, 1992–2005
Ontario, Labour Compensation, 1992–2005
Ontario, Employment by Occupation, 1994–2005
Ontario, Distribution of Employment by Occupation, 1994–2005
Ontario, Employment by Industry, 1996–2005
Ontario, Growth in Employment by Industry, 1996–2005
Ontario, Employment Level by Economic Regions, 1995–2005
Ontario, Employment Level by Industry for Economic Regions, 2005
Ontario Economic Regions

(Note: Data in the tables may not add to totals due to rounding.)

Table 22: Ontario, Labour Force, 1992-2005

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Labour Force (000s)	5,529	5,544	5,548	5,589	5,680	5,776	5,877	6,018	6,173	6,327	6,494	6,676	6,775	6,849
Annual Labour Force Growth (%)	(0.3)	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.8	1.5	1.1
Participation Rate (%)
Male	75.1	74.3	73.4	72.7	72.6	72.8	72.5	73.1	73.3	73.4	73.6	74.3	74.1	73.5
Female	59.9	59.4	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.0	59.6	60.3	61.0	61.4	62.0	63.0	63.0	62.7
Share of Labour Force (%)
Youth (15-24)	18.1	17.3	16.8	16.4	16.2	15.9	15.8	16.1	16.4	16.3	16.4	16.3	16.2	15.9
Older Workers (45+)	27.4	28.1	28.8	29.1	29.5	30.2	30.7	31.4	32.0	32.6	33.4	34.7	35.4	36.1

Source: Statistics Canada.

Table 23: Ontario, Employment, 1992-2005

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total Employment (000s)	4,933	4,938	5,014	5,100	5,167	5,291	5,453	5,637	5,817	5,926	6,031	6,213	6,317	6,398
Male	2,658	2,673	2,714	2,761	2,791	2,870	2,936	3,035	3,125	3,167	3,209	3,301	3,349	3,390
Female	2,275	2,265	2,300	2,339	2,376	2,421	2,518	2,602	2,692	2,759	2,822	2,912	2,967	3,008
Annual Employment Growth (%)	(1.7)	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.3	2.4	3.1	3.4	3.2	1.9	1.8	3.0	1.7	1.3
Net Job Creation (000s)	(84)	5	76	86	67	124	162	183	180	109	105	182	103	81
Private-sector Employment (000s)	3,229	3,200	3,262	3,375	3,440	3,508	3,649	3,784	3,930	4,052	4,116	4,249	4,278	4,330
Public-sector Employment (000s)	1,029	1,027	1,028	1,003	977	938	938	962	994	1,002	1,038	1,050	1,107	1,140
Self-employment (000s)	676	711	724	723	750	845	867	891	894	873	878	914	932	928
Manufacturing Employment (% of total)	17.3	16.6	16.8	17.2	17.6	17.7	18.0	18.4	18.5	18.0	18.1	17.6	17.4	16.6
Services Employment (% of total)	72.6	73.7	73.8	73.6	73.5	73.5	73.3	72.8	72.9	73.4	73.4	73.8	74.1	74.4
Part-time (% of total)	18.5	19.5	19.0	18.7	19.2	19.2	18.7	18.0	18.0	17.8	18.3	18.5	18.1	18.1
Average Hours Worked Per Week 1	36.7	37.2	37.6	37.3	37.6	37.8	37.8	38.0	38.0	37.5	37.3	36.6	37.1	37.3

¹ Average actual hours worked per week at all jobs, excluding persons not at work, in reference week.
Source: Statistics Canada.

Table 24: Ontario, Unemployment, 1992–2005

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total Unemployment (000s)	596	605	535	489	513	485	424	382	356	401	462	463	459	451
Unemployment Rate (%)	10.8	10.9	9.6	8.7	9.0	8.4	7.2	6.3	5.8	6.3	7.1	6.9	6.8	6.6
Male	11.9	11.5	10.0	8.9	9.0	8.1	7.2	6.2	5.6	6.5	7.4	7.1	6.9	6.6
Female	9.4	10.2	9.2	8.6	9.1	8.7	7.3	6.5	6.0	6.2	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.5
Toronto CMA 1	11.3	11.3	10.4	8.6	9.1	7.9	7.0	6.1	5.5	6.3	7.4	7.7	7.5	7.0
Northern Ontario	12.8	12.7	11.7	10.0	10.7	10.4	11.1	9.1	8.3	8.0	8.1	7.4	7.8	7.0
Youth (15–24)	17.7	17.7	15.7	14.7	14.9	16.4	14.5	13.2	11.9	12.5	13.9	14.4	14.1	13.9
Older Workers (45+)	7.5	7.7	7.1	6.5	6.4	5.9	5.3	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.7
Share of Total Unemployment (%)
Long-term Unemployed (27 weeks+)	29.9	33.5	32.6	29.5	28.2	25.5	21.9	19.1	15.4	12.8	15.5	16.2	15.6	15.1
Youth (15–24)	29.6	28.1	27.5	27.7	26.8	31.0	31.6	33.7	33.7	32.2	32.1	33.9	33.9	33.5
Older Workers (45+)	19.2	19.7	21.2	21.6	20.8	21.4	22.6	20.8	22.4	22.9	22.0	23.5	23.4	25.9
Average Duration (weeks) 2	23.4	26.9	27.7	25.9	24.8	26.5	23.2	21.3	17.7	15.3	16.3	17.0	16.1	16.1
Youth (15–24)	16.8	18.3	17.9	16.3	15.4	13.8	12.8	11.6	9.8	8.6	9.4	9.4	8.8	8.7
Older Workers (45+)	30.0	34.0	34.9	33.4	31.0	42.2	39.0	34.2	28.4	25.6	24.4	27.2	24.3	23.9

¹ CMA is Census Metropolitan Area. Toronto CMA includes the city of Toronto; the regions of York, Peel and Halton (excluding Burlington); Uxbridge, Pickering, Ajax, Mono, Orangeville, New Tecumseth and Bradford West Gwillimbury.
² Prior to 1997, unemployment of 100 or more weeks was recorded as 99 due to data processing limitations. This restriction was removed for data after 1996.
Source: Statistics Canada.

Table 25: Ontario, Employment Insurance (EI) And Social Assistance, 1992–2005

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
EI Regular Beneficiaries (000s)	322	294	228	181	180	151	131	110	101	122	136	142	136	132
EI Maximum Insurable Earnings ($) 1	710	745	780	815	750	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000
EI Maximum Weekly Entitlement ($)	426	425	429	448	413	413	413	413	413	413	413	413	413	413
EI Premium Rate
Employer ($/$100 Insurable Earnings)	4.20	4.20	4.30	4.20	4.13	4.06	3.78	3.57	3.36	3.15	3.08	2.94	2.77	2.73
Employee ($/$100 Insurable Earnings)	3.00	3.00	3.07	3.00	2.95	2.90	2.70	2.55	2.40	2.25	2.20	2.10	1.98	1.95
EI Total Benefits Paid ($ millions) 2	5,845	5,406	4,511	3,796	3,653	3,436	3,141	3,051	2,787	3,524	4,328	4,342	4,429	4,325
EI Premiums Paid ($ millions) 2	7,353	7,567	8,067	7,929	7,582	8,173	7,679	7,614	7,671	7,477	7,392	7,219	6,711 3	6,947 3
Social Assistance Caseload (000s) 4	608	660	673	660	599	568	529	479	436	408	411	413	418	431

¹ Effective January 1, 1997, the maximum weekly insurable earnings of $750 was eliminated and replaced with an annual maximum set at $39,000.
² Employment Insurance benefit payments are on a cash basis; premiums are paid on an accrual basis.
³ Premiums paid in 2004 and 2005 are Ontario Ministry of Finance estimates.
⁴ The number of social assistance cases from 1998 to 2005 includes recipients of the Ontario Works program, the Ontario Disability Support Program, Temporary Care Assistance and the Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities program. The Ontario Works Act was proclaimed in May 1998 and replaced the General Welfare Act. The Ontario Disability Support Program Act was proclaimed in June 1998.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Ontario Ministry of Finance and Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services.

Table 26: Ontario, Labour Compensation, 1992–2005

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Average Weekly Earnings ($)1	598.80	612.33	628.16	634.17	649.55	663.73	672.67
Increase (%)	3.9	2.3	2.6	1.0	2.4	2.2	1.3
CPI Inflation (%)	1.0	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.5	1.9	0.9
AWE Increase Less CPI Inflation (%)	2.9	0.5	2.6	(1.5)	0.9	0.3	0.4
AWE - Manufacturing ($)	716.55	739.20	761.95	770.80	794.09	821.28	841.78
Increase (%)	4.9	3.2	3.1	1.2	3.0	3.4	2.5
Increase Less CPI Inflation (%)	3.9	1.4	3.1	(1.3)	1.5	1.5	1.6
Wage Settlement Increases (%) 2
All Sectors	2.7	1.0	0.4	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.6
Public	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3
Private	2.7	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.2	2.3	2.1
Person Days Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts (000s)	578	371	488	477	1,915	1,904	1,061
Minimum Wage at Year-end ($/hour)	6.35	6.35	6.70	6.85	6.85	6.85	6.85

Table 26: (Continued)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Average Weekly Earnings ($)1	683.70	700.12	712.88	726.21	734.78	748.10	768.59
Increase (%)	1.6	2.4	1.8	1.9	1.2	1.8	2.7
CPI Inflation (%)	1.9	2.9	3.1	2.0	2.7	1.9	2.2
AWE Increase Less CPI Inflation (%)	(0.3)	(0.5)	(1.3)	(0.1)	(1.5)	(0.1)	0.5
AWE - Manufacturing ($)	852.13	869.40	882.76	906.10	917.84	934.23	956.42
Increase (%)	1.2	2.0	1.5	2.6	1.3	1.8	2.4
Increase Less CPI Inflation (%)	(0.7)	(0.9)	(1.6)	0.6	(1.4)	(0.1)	0.2
Wage Settlement Increases (%) 2
All Sectors	2.1	2.6	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.8	2.7
Public	1.4	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.5	3.1	2.7
Private	3.1	2.4	3.0	3.0	1.9	2.6	2.4
Person Days Lost Due to Strikes and Lockouts (000s)	651	650	672	1,511	495	487	403
Minimum Wage at Year-end ($/hour)	6.85	6.85	6.85	6.85	6.85	7.15	7.45

¹ Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) includes overtime. In 2001, Statistics Canada changed its estimates of AWE from the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
² Wage settlement increases are for collective agreements covering 200 or more employees, Ontario Ministry of Labour.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Ontario Ministry of Labour and Ontario Ministry of Finance.

Table 27: Ontario, Employment by Occupation, 1994–2005

	(Thousands)
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Management	504	544	535	546	550	546	562	551	562	587	620	625
Business, Finance and Administrative	979	982	981	974	1,010	1,031	1,056	1,115	1,119	1,149	1,203	1,176
Natural and Applied Sciences	275	304	295	327	354	398	427	455	445	448	437	470
Health	261	258	253	267	264	272	280	291	321	332	345	346
Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion	428	398	400	403	422	442	453	468	472	474	476	544
Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport	147	142	149	149	156	169	172	183	177	188	200	199
Sales and Service	1,129	1,152	1,185	1,199	1,237	1,281	1,342	1,359	1,393	1,457	1,435	1,448
Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators	737	756	769	808	825	820	835	850	867	890	899	910
Primary Industry	147	142	141	143	138	152	142	130	123	131	134	143
Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities	407	423	459	477	496	526	548	524	552	558	568	537
Total	5,014	5,100	5,167	5,291	5,453	5,637	5,817	5,926	6,031	6,213	6,317	6,398

Note: Occupational groupings based on National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2001.
Source: Statistics Canada.

Table 28: Ontario, Distribution of Employment by Occupation, 1994–2005

	(Per Cent)
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Management	10.0	10.7	10.4	10.3	10.1	9.7	9.7	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.8	9.8
Business, Finance and Administrative	19.5	19.2	19.0	18.4	18.5	18.3	18.1	18.8	18.6	18.5	19.0	18.4
Natural and Applied Sciences	5.5	6.0	5.7	6.2	6.5	7.1	7.3	7.7	7.4	7.2	6.9	7.3
Health	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.4
Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion	8.5	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.6	7.5	8.5
Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.1
Sales and Service	22.5	22.6	22.9	22.7	22.7	22.7	23.1	22.9	23.1	23.5	22.7	22.6
Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators	14.7	14.8	14.9	15.3	15.1	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.2
Primary Industry	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2
Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities	8.1	8.3	8.9	9.0	9.1	9.3	9.4	8.8	9.1	9.0	9.0	8.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Note: Occupational groupings based on National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2001.
Source: Statistics Canada.

Table 29: Ontario, Employment by Industry, 1996–2005

	(Thousands)
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Goods Producing Industries	1,368	1,404	1,457	1,533	1,576	1,575	1,603	1,630	1,639	1,637
Primary Industries	150	141	143	152	133	119	112	113	113	128
Agriculture	103	100	105	114	98	84	77	82	79	93
Manufacturing	907	935	981	1,035	1,075	1,068	1,094	1,093	1,100	1,064
Construction	261	280	285	298	323	336	345	369	368	395
Utilities	51	48	48