Appendix 2.B
Employment in manufacturing in the resource sector value chain, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2001 to 2008

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  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Percent change from 2001 to 2008 Peak employment year Percent change from peak year to 2008
Rural and small town areas
Total employment ('000) 89 88 93 99 93 89 89 93 5 2004 -6
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 10 10 10 12 11 10 9 9 -16 2004 -27
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 9 9 8 10 10 9 8 8 -9E 2005 -23
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 11 12 10 12 12 11 10 9 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 10 11 9 10 11 10 9 9 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 86 91 88 85 94 92 91 93 .. .. ..
Larger urban centres
Total employment ('000) 115 119 119 115 121 127 129 128 11 2007 -1E
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 -4F 2007 -25
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 4 4 3 4 5 4 6 3 -11F 2007 -42
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 4 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 3 3 2 3 4 3 5 3 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 67 64 51 71 75 69 81 62 .. .. ..
All areas
Total employment ('000) 204 207 212 214 214 216 217 220 8 2007 1
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 16 16 15 17 17 16 16 14 -11 2004 -18
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 14 14 11 15 15 14 14 12 -13 2005 -20
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 6 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 5 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 86 87 78 85 88 86 89 84 .. .. ..
Rural and small town manufacturing employment as a percent of manufacturing employment in all areas
Total manufacturing employment 64 64 66 68 65 61 54 60 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing employment 64 67 74 68 69 65 55 66 .. .. ..
1. "Resource manufacturing" refers to the processing of outputs from the resource primary sectors (agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining and oil and gas).
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2001 to 2008.
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