Employment shifts in natural resource sectors : Évolution de l'emploi dans les secteurs des ressources naturelles : accent sur les chaînes de valeur rurales

Employment in natural resource sectors (including closely-related sectors in the value chain of each natural resource sector) represented 13% of Canada's total employment in 2001, down from 14% in 1991. Employment in natural resource sectors and their related value chains represented a relatively higher share of total employment in predominantly rural regions (22%) in 2001, compared to predominantly urban regions (8%). However, the share of workers in predominantly rural regions employed in each of the natural resource sectors (agriculture, fishery, forestry, mining and energy) declined from 1991 to 2001.