Table 4
Digital economy jobs by province and territory, 2020
| 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 | 17,559.2 | 200.9 | 73.8 | 437.1 | 345.8 | 3,910.7 | 6,772.3 |
| Total digital industries | 862.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 15.9 | 11.5 | 197.3 | 401.6 |
| Information and communications technology | |||||||
| Hardware | 51.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.8 | 25.0 |
| Software | 421.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 103.9 | 209.4 |
| Telecommunications | 120.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 27.9 | 48.2 |
| Other services | 81.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 15.7 | 33.9 |
| Digital intermediary platforms | 70.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 13.2 | 31.2 |
| Data- and advertising-driven digital platforms | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Online retailers and wholesalers | 67.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 29.3 |
| Digital-only firms providing finance and insurance services | 21.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 11.6 |
| Other producers only operating digitally | 16.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 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 | 643.3 | 544.4 | 2,104.2 | 2,450.9 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 20.4 |
| Total digital industries | 20.0 | 16.7 | 72.6 | 118.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Information and communications technology | |||||||
| Hardware | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Software | 5.8 | 3.4 | 27.6 | 58.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Telecommunications | 4.6 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 16.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Other services | 2.5 | 3.2 | 13.1 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Digital intermediary platforms | 3.0 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Data- and advertising-driven digital platforms | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Online retailers and wholesalers | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Digital-only firms providing finance and insurance services | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other producers only operating digitally | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Source(s):
Digital supply and use tables, 2017 to 2020 and table 36-10-0480-01, special tabulations.
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