The tough economic competition has reshaped the manufacturing employment scenario in Canada. The table below shows Canada’s manufacturing employment by sector, including for Clothing, Textile Mills and Textile Product Mills, and the changes in the industries over five years from 2004 to 2009. During this period, Canada lost over one-fifth (-21%) of its total manufacturing workforce. The Clothing and Textiles sectors experienced a significant job loss (-54%). The top five sectors who lost the most workforce are:
- -59% Textile mills
- -57% Clothing
- -45% Leather & allied products
- -40% Textile mills products
- -35% Wood products
Canada’s Manufacturing Employment Numbers by Sector 2004-2009
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
2008 | 2009 | +/-% | |
| All manufacturing | 1,870,096 | 1,838,560 | 1,820,736 | 1,758,769 |
1,673,904 | 1,485,807 | -21% |
| Food | 235,405 | 232,170 | 233,388 | 229,102 | 226,252 | 221,830 | -8% |
| Transportation equipment | 229,246 | 229,337 | 222,798 | 215,597 | 199,464 | 165,261 | -28% |
| Fabricated metal products | 176,439 | 176,068 | 179,728 | 175,091 | 171,126 | 147,808 | -16% |
| Machinery | 136,049 | 140,411 | 144,467 | 139,714 | 138,132 | 120,208 | -12% |
| Plastics & rubber products | 127,426 | 125,795 | 124,827 | 118,260 | 107,517 | 91,693 | -28% |
| Wood products | 137,153 | 135,306 | 130,222 | 122,940 | 110,322 | 89,372 | -35% |
| Chemicals | 92,761 | 93,030 | 90,823 | 88,960 | 88,546 | 80,644 | -13% |
| Computer & electronics | 87,272 | 85,689 | 85,086 | 83,202 | 83,824 | 74,980 | -14% |
| Furniture & related products | 93,121 | 94,157 | 90,677 | 85,843 | 79,830 | 70,489 | -24% |
| Paper | 93,718 | 87,689 | 83,810 | 79,380 | 73,515 | 66,574 | -29% |
| Printing & support industries | 73,783 | 72,829 | 73,148 | 72,019 | 70,522 | 63,538 | -14% |
| Primary metals | 79,703 | 78,731 | 80,681 | 78,802 | 69,107 | 59,339 | -26% |
| Misc. manufacturing | 58,258 | 57,391 | 58,534 | 58,198 | 57,007 | 53,897 | -7% |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 51,403 | 51,304 | 53,701 | 52,807 | 52,707 | 48,711 | -5% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances & components | 43,095 | 42,157 | 42,268 | 42,754 | 41,610 | 37,465 | -13% |
| Clothing | 62,456 | 51,765 | 46,009 | 40,001 | 32,825 | 27,113 | -57% |
| Beverage & tobacco products | 31,991 | 28,097 | 28,114 | 26,854 | 26,695 | 28,121 | -12% |
| Petroleum & coal products | 15,301 | 15,758 | 16,336 | 16,657 | 17,904 | 15,717 | +3% |
| Textile mills | 20,866 | 17,412 |
14,610 |
12,950 |
10,363 |
8,609 |
-59% |
| Textile product mills | 18,073 |
17,685 |
16,477 |
15,164 |
12,818 |
10,842 |
-40% |
| Leather & allied products | 6,575 | 5,779 | 5,030 | 4,472 | 3,816 | 3,595 | -45% |
Source: TexTek Solutions, CTIA & Statistics Canada data
The Clothing and Textiles sectors lost over 54% workforce from 101,395 in 2004 to 46,564 in 2009.
More to come….
Acknowledgements: TexTek Solutions :: MW Canada.
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