Table 2 Annual compensation and hourly compensation in tourism industries and total economy, Canada, 2003 to 2009

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Annual compensation in Canada for all jobs 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 percent change 2008 to 2009
millions of current dollars %
Total tourism industries 38,247 39,857 39,904 42,493 45,036 47,445 47,575 0.3
Total tourism industries (percent change) 0.9 4.2 0.1 6.5 6.0 5.3 0.3  
Total economy1 650,317 687,580 726,342 774,924 818,337 856,857 857,588 0.1
Total economy1 (percent change) 4.6 5.7 5.6 6.7 5.6 4.7 0.1  
Ratio total tourism industries to total economy 0.059 0.058 0.055 0.055 0.055 0.055 0.056  
Hourly compensation in Canada per job 2 , 3 current dollars %
Transportation 27.23 27.77 27.78 28.27 28.88 28.86 30.39 5.3
Air transportation 32.68 31.84 32.75 33.81 35.76 37.96 41.31 8.8
Other transportation 25.00 26.04 26.24 26.61 26.79 26.20 27.14 3.6
Accommodation 14.00 14.62 15.47 17.40 18.00 18.84 19.00 0.9
Food and beverage services 10.91 11.41 12.14 12.50 13.41 14.45 15.11 4.6
Recreation and entertainment 18.51 18.60 19.60 21.06 21.41 22.29 22.85 2.5
Travel services 19.10 19.64 20.37 21.29 22.27 23.82 22.77 -4.4
Employee 15.50 15.91 16.58 17.43 18.30 19.14 19.79 3.4
of which: wages 13.81 14.06 14.70 15.45 16.35 17.17 17.76 3.4
Self-employed3 14.27 15.07 14.83 15.98 16.74 17.12 17.34 1.3
Ratio self-employed to employee 0.921 0.947 0.895 0.917 0.915 0.894 0.876  
Full-time 16.54 17.10 17.77 18.48 19.28 20.32 20.76 2.2
Part-time 10.91 10.88 11.44 12.88 13.85 13.90 15.29 10.0
Ratio part-time to full-time 0.660 0.637 0.644 0.697 0.718 0.684 0.736  
Total tourism industries3 15.39 15.83 16.43 17.31 18.16 18.96 19.59 3.3
Total tourism industries3 (percent change) -1.8 2.9 3.8 5.4 4.9 4.4 3.3  
Total economy1 23.56 24.24 25.39 26.61 27.56 28.56 29.56 3.5
Total economy1(percent change) 3.0 2.9 4.8 4.8 3.5 3.6 3.5  
Ratio total tourism industries to total economy 0.653 0.653 0.647 0.651 0.659 0.664 0.663  
Employee 25.01 25.69 26.90 28.18 29.23 30.23 31.36 3.7
of which: wages 21.82 22.38 23.44 24.49 25.60 26.51 27.48 3.7
Self-employed 10.57 10.87 11.33 11.51 11.77 12.17 12.39 1.8
Ratio self-employed to employee 0.423 0.423 0.421 0.408 0.402 0.403 0.395  
Full-time 24.50 25.15 26.38 27.63 28.58 29.66 30.73 3.6
Part-time 15.91 16.49 17.11 17.90 18.75 19.23 20.12 4.7
Ratio part-time to full-time 0.650 0.656 0.648 0.648 0.656 0.648 0.655  

1. Source: CANSIM table 383-0009.
2. Hourly compensation includes wages and salaries, supplementary labour income and the labour portion of mixed income after expenses accruing to the self-employed.
3. Excludes supplementary labour income from the labour portion of mixed income for the self-employed.

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