Table 1 Total jobs, average weekly hours worked and average hourly compensation, tourism industries and total economy, Ontario, 2003 to 2008

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  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 percent change 2007 to 2008
Compensation millions of dollars %
Total tourism industries Ontario 14,999 15,694 15,614 16,543 17,156 17,944 4.6
Total tourism industries Canada 38,378 40,094 40,353 43,081 46,845 .. ..
Total economy Ontario 275,754 290,927 304,094 318,601 333,164 346,599 4.0
Number of jobs thousands %
Transportation 74 74 72 79 83 83 -0.3
Accommodation 70 68 71 70 66 66 -0.6
Food and beverage services 333 334 332 331 329 333 1.0
Recreation and entertainment 109 118 105 103 103 107 3.2
Travel services 19 19 20 19 18 18 0.1
Employee 553 564 555 558 553 558 0.9
Self-employed 52 48 45 44 47 48 1.2
Full-time 373 384 358 353 358 368 2.8
Part-time 232 228 242 249 242 238 -1.7
Total tourism industries Ontario 605 612 600 602 600 606 1.0
Total tourism industries Canada 1,588 1,594 1,564 1,596 1,650 .. ..
Total economy Ontario 6,336 6,430 6,532 6,628 6,734 6,797 0.9
Average weekly hours worked per job hours %
Transportation 35.8 35.2 34.5 35.3 33.4 34.2 2.4
Accommodation 32.9 33.2 32.5 32.1 32.5 32.1 -1.2
Food and beverage services 28.0 28.9 28.2 28.3 27.3 27.7 1.4
Recreation and entertainment 29.1 29.3 29.0 29.0 29.1 28.9 -0.6
Travel services 34.1 35.9 35.5 35.0 34.7 34.2 -1.4
Employee 29.2 29.8 29.2 29.4 28.5 28.7 0.7
Self-employed 37.8 37.8 37.3 37.2 37.4 38.0 1.6
Full-time 39.0 39.3 39.2 40.0 38.8 38.7 -0.1
Part-time 15.3 15.6 16.0 15.9 15.1 15.1 -0.1
Total tourism industries Ontario 29.9 30.4 29.8 30.0 29.2 29.5 0.8
Total tourism industries Canada 30.0 30.2 29.6 29.8 29.8 .. ..
Total economy Ontario 33.7 34.0 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.4 -0.6
Average hourly compensation per job 1 dollars %
Transportation 27.72 29.02 29.05 28.28 29.58 28.22 -4.6
Accommodation 14.62 15.79 16.94 18.25 19.61 20.96 6.9
Food and beverage services 11.08 11.05 11.68 12.05 13.29 14.02 5.5
Recreation and entertainment 20.46 20.32 21.30 23.57 23.84 24.65 3.4
Travel services 19.85 20.50 20.81 21.87 22.99 25.36 10.4
Employee: 15.93 16.11 16.83 17.57 18.82 19.34 2.8
of which wages 14.15 14.17 14.75 15.45 16.72 17.31 3.5
Self-employed 15.88 16.99 16.30 18.01 18.61 19.21 3.2
Full-time 17.02 17.26 17.69 18.51 19.78 20.41 3.2
Part-time 11.42 11.70 13.46 14.40 15.11 15.05 -0.4
Total tourism industries Ontario 15.92 16.20 16.78 17.61 18.80 19.33 2.8
Total tourism industries Canada 15.51 16.04 16.79 17.44 18.33 .. ..
Total economy Ontario 24.86 25.58 26.57 27.46 28.35 29.39 3.7
  1. Hourly compensation includes wages and salaries, supplementary labour income and income after expenses accruing to the self-employed.
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