Table 4
Digital economy jobs by province and territory, 2019
| Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Quebec | Ontario | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | |
| Total, all industries | 19,443.5 | 221.1 | 76.9 | 471.9 | 358.4 | 4,329.1 | 7,610.5 |
| Total digital industries | 881.8 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 11.8 | 201.7 | 407.8 |
| Information and communications technology | |||||||
| Hardware | 57.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 15.6 | 29.7 |
| Software | 404.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 101.8 | 203.3 |
| Telecommunications | 125.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 27.0 | 48.7 |
| Other services | 88.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 18.3 | 34.8 |
| Digital intermediary platforms | 91.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 19.5 | 36.0 |
| Data- and advertising-driven digital platforms | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 7.2 |
| Online retailers and wholesalers | 61.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 28.4 |
| Digital-only firms providing finance and insurance services | 24.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 13.1 |
| Other producers only operating digitally | 15.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Yukon | Northwest Territories | Nunavut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | thousands of jobs | |
| Total, all industries | 687.8 | 602.9 | 2,413.4 | 2,589.8 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 19.0 |
| Total digital industries | 20.0 | 20.0 | 81.6 | 113.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Information and communications technology | |||||||
| Hardware | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Software | 5.1 | 3.6 | 29.7 | 48.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Telecommunications | 5.7 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 18.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Other services | 2.5 | 3.4 | 15.5 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Digital intermediary platforms | 3.0 | 2.6 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Data-and advertising driven digital platforms | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Online retailers and wholesalers | 2.0 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Digital-only firms providing finance and insurance services | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other producers only operating digitally | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Digital Supply and Use Tables, 2017 to 2019 and table 36-10-0480-01, special tabulation.
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