Businesses' Demand for Personal Protective Equipment During COVID-19

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Release date: August 14, 2020
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Businesses' Demand for Personal Protective Equipment During COVID-19

Results from the Personal Protective Equipment Survey – July 2020

277,761,952 disinfectant wipes were used by businesses in July 2020

3,968,972 litres of hand sanitizer were used by businesses in July 202

Demand for PPE products, by industry

Percentage of businesses within an industry who have identified these products as essential.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant, Nitrile Gloves, Disinfectant Wipes and Surgical Masks, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Industry Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Nitrile Gloves Disinfectant Wipes Surgical Masks
percent
Manufacturing 92 80 71 64 50
Retail Trade 98 79 61 72 54
Health care and social assistance (Private health care only)* 96 92 84 86 87
Accommodation and food services 94 84 67 56 51
All Industries surveyed 92 77 57 68 59

*Health care and social assistance only includes offices of physicians, offices of dentists, offices of other health practitioners, out-patient care centers, home health care services, nursing and residential care facilities, and child day-care services, and excludes organizations controlled by federal, provincial, and local government according to the Canadian Classification of Institutional Units and Sectors.

Percentage of businesses requiring PPE, by region


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), Percentage of business requiring PPE within the province (appearing as column headers).
Geography Percentage of business requiring PPE within the province
Atlantic Provinces 64
Quebec 64
Ontario 74
Saskatchewan and Manitoba 62
Alberta 69
British Columbia 70

For a more detailed analysis see the article “Gearing up to restart: Businesses’ need for Personal Protective Equipment” at the address: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2020001/article/00068-eng.htm

Source: Statistics Canada, Table: 13-10-0787-01: Personal protective equipment business needs; Table: 13-10-0786-01, Personal protective equipment demand and supply.

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