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RNNR Committee Report

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APPENDIX A

Table 1: Natural Resources Canada Estimate of Direct Contribution of the Oil and Gas Industry to
Total GDP (Nominal) (2012, in millions $CAD)

 

Canada

NL

PEI

NS

NB

QC

ON

MB

SK

AB

BC

GDP – Oil and Gas

112,455a

8,204

0

586

762

1,576

1,767

2,058

15,136

74,958

7,408

GDP – Total Economy

1,710,999

31,616

5,143

35,080

29,087

335,234

631,111

54,312

74,524

301,884

204,086

Oil and Gas Share of GDP

6.6%

26.0%

0.0%

1.7%

2.6%

0.5%

0.3%

3.8%

20.3%

24.8%

3.6%

Note: Does not include territories.

Source: Statistics Canada CANSIM table 379-0028, TD Economic Estimates for Provincial GDP.

Table 2: Employment – 2012 (Annual Average), according to Statistics Canada
(System of National Accounts/Labour Force Survey)

 

Canada

NL

PEI

NS

NB

QC

ON

MB

SK

AB

BC

Total Direct and Indirect Employment
in Oil
and Gas

351,755

1,592

81

3,590

2,871

6,325

17,385

2,865

26,223

248,405

36,587

Total Employment

17,850,790

227,560

71,840

467,945

358,235

3,959,045

6,911,110

662,245

558,630

2,211,405

2,349,000

Oil and Gas Share of Total Employment

-

0.7%

0.1%

0.7%

0.8%

0.2%

0.3%

0.4%

4.6%

11.0%

1.5%

Source: Statistics Canada CANSIM table 383-0031 – NRCan estimates direct employment for provinces for which data are not available due to confidentiality using Labour Force Survey data (special tabulation).