Manufacturing : Fabrication : bilan de l'année 2012

Employment in the sector did rise in 2012, though the increase lagged behind the gains in employment for the economy a whole. [...] Although sales were up in 2012, the increase was less than the 8.0% rise in 2011 and the 8.6% advance in 2010. [...] This continues an ongoing decline in the paper industry in which sales have decreased in eight of the last ten years, with $10.1 billion less in sales in 2012 than in 2002. [...] An advance in sales of the construction machinery sub-industry by 36.6% drove the growth of the industry in the U. S. In Canada, as well as sales gains in construction equipment, the growth was also driven by higher sales of mining, oil and gas field equipment, and agricultural equipment. [...] Because the increase in Ontario’s manufacturing sales exceeded the national gain, the province’s share of total manufacturing rose from 45.0% in 2011 to 45.8%, which contrasts with the overall downward trend in the province’s share over the past 14 years.