Appendix 2.C
Employment in manufacturing in the resource sector value chain, Prince Edward Island, 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) 26 28 27 28 29 28 29 29 11 2008 ..
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 3 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 10F 2007 -11E
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 2 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.3 10F 2007 -21
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 11 13 12 13 12 13 12 11 .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 8 9 10 9 9 9 10 8 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 72 74 85 69 72 72 81 72 .. .. ..
Larger urban centres
Total employment ('000) 37 37 39 39 39 40 40 41 10 2007 2
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 -6F 2005 -9F
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6F 2007 -10F
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 8 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 58 61 62 68 56 63 68 66 .. .. ..
All areas
Total employment ('000) 64 65 66 67 68 69 69 70 10 2008 ..
Manufacturing: number employed ('000) 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 2F 2005 -10
Resource1 manufacturing: number employed ('000) 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5F 2007 -14
Manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total employment 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing: as a percent of total manufacturing employment 68 69 71 73 65 68 75 70 .. .. ..
Rural and small town manufacturing employment as a percent of manufacturing employment in all areas
Total manufacturing employment 48 60 53 56 53 55 54 52 .. .. ..
Resource1 manufacturing employment 51 65 64 52 59 58 58 53 .. .. ..
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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