Portrait of environmental and clean technology jobs in Canada, 2019

Release date: April 28, 2022
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What did environmental and clean technology (ECT) jobs in Canada look like in 2019?

339,000 jobs were linked to the production and delivery of ECT products,Note 1 representing 1.7% of total jobs in Canada in 2019.

ECT worker characteristics

About 60% of ECT workers have education above the high school level.


Distribution of ECT workers, by education level
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of ECT workers. The information is grouped by Education level (appearing as row headers), Percentage (appearing as column headers).
Education level Percentage
High school diploma or less 39.9%
Trade certificate 14.7%
College diploma 25.8%
University degree or higher 19.6%

Indigenous workers were most likely to be represented in the 15-to-24 and 25-to-34 age groups.


Age distribution of all ECT workers
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age distribution of all ECT workers. The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), All ECT workers and Share of workers with an Indigenous identity among all workers, calculated using Percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group All ECT workers Share of workers with an Indigenous identity among all workers
Percentage
15 to 24 years 9.5% 7.0%
25 to 34 years 22.0% 7.2%
35 to 44 years 22.4% 6.3%
45 to 54 years 22.8% 5.2%
55 years and older 23.3% 5.0%

Jobs in the ECT sector were mainly filled by men.


Gender distribution of ECT workers
Table summary
This table displays the results of Gender distribution of ECT workers. The information is grouped by Gender (appearing as row headers), Percentage (appearing as column headers).
Gender Percentage
Male 63.4%
Female 36.6%

ECT job characteristics

The average annual wage for ECT jobs was $77,144, above the national average of $63,490.


Average annual wage for ECT jobs, by education level
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average annual wage for ECT jobs. The information is grouped by Education level (appearing as row headers), ECT jobs and All jobs, calculated using Wage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Education level ECT jobs All jobs
Wage
High school diploma or less $63,255 $45,790
Trade certificate $82,124 $59,170
College diploma $78,748 $56,600
University degree or higher $99,389 $73,270

The average hourly wage was $41.11 for full-time jobs and $27.94 for part-time jobs.


Distribution of ECT jobs, by job status
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of ECT jobs. The information is grouped by Status (appearing as row headers), Percentage (appearing as column headers).
Status Percentage
Full-time 90.8%
Part-time 9.2%

Administrative and regulatory occupations represented 4.6% of jobs in the ECT sector, compared with close to 3.0% of all jobs in Canada.

The average annual wage of administrative and regulatory occupation workers in Canada was $56,269. For the ECT sector, the annual average wage was $93,294 for men, and $64,363 for women.

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0480-01, and special tabulation based on the 2020 Environmental and Clean Technology Products Economic Account, table 36-10-0632-01, employee jobs (released April 28, 2022).

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