Trends in the number of jobs in Canada's forest sector. The forest sector is an important employer nationwide and contributes to the economic and social welfare of Canadians. Forest sector employment is particularly important in many rural and Indigenous communities, where it is often a key source of income.
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Canadian System of National Accounts Footnote 2
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Direct and indirect employment Footnote 3
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Employment–includes jobs held by people employed directly in the following subsectors: forestry and logging, support activities for forestry, pulp and paper product manufacturing, and wood product manufacturing.
Natural Resources Canada prefers to use employment data from Statistics Canada’s System of National Accounts (SNA) because these data are linked to the underlying framework used to compile the Canadian System of Natural Economic Accounts (e.g., GDP, national wealth).
SEPH data focus on industry and can be used for comparing direct company employment in forestry with that in other sectors.
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Natural Resources Canada prefers to use employment data from Statistics Canada’s System of National Accounts (SNA) because these data are linked to the underlying framework used to compile the Canadian System of Natural Economic Accounts (e.g., GDP, national wealth).
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Natural Resources Canada–Canadian Forest Service calculated indirect employment using Statistics Canada’s National Symmetric Input-Output Tables (15-207-XCB) and National Multipliers (15F0046XDB).
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The calculations for indirect employment were changed in 2019 to better account for employment in the forest sector. Retroactive changes to previous years’ data have not been applied at this time.
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