Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) - 2008

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SECTION 6. EMPLOYMENT, SALARIES AND WAGES

TABLE 22.
CANADIAN MINING AND QUARRYING EMPLOYMENT, 1998-2008
Year Metal Mines Nonmetal
Mines		 Coal Total
(number)
1998 32 354 19 431 8 304 (r) 60 089
1999 29 555 19 987 7 812 (r) 57 354
2000 29 468 20 031 7 199 56 698
2001 (r) 25 564 (r) 19 524 6 030 51 118
2002 (r) 22 585 (r) 19 497 5 700 (r) 47 782
2003 (r) 21 810 (r) 20 224 4 841 (r) 46 875
2004 (r) 21 374 (r) 19 907 4 543 (r) 45 824
2005 (r) 21 196 (r) 20 456 5 037 (r) 46 689
2006 (r) 22 007 (r) 21 487 5 336 (r) 48 830
2007 (r) 23 850 (r) 23 183 5 844 (r) 52 877
2008 28 074 23 988 6 443 58 505

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours.
(r) Revised.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 23.
CANADA, MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY, (1) 1998-2008
Year NAICS 212 NAICS 327 NAICS 331 NAICS 332 Total
Canada
Mining and Quarrying Nonmetallic Mineral
Product Manufacturing		 Primary Metal Manufacturing Fabricated Metal
Product Manufacturing
(number)
1998 60 090 52 166 100 957 165 626 378 839
1999 57 353 53 286 100 529 173 072 384 240
2000 56 698 56 440 104 253 183 246 400 637
2001 (r) 51 118 53 719 (r) 91 185 (r) 184 269 (r) 380 291
2002 (r) 47 782 (r) 51 423 90 322 (r) 181 096 (r) 370 623
2003 (r) 46 875 51 329 85 402 180 561 364 167
2004 (r) 45 824 (r) 51 403 79 703 (r) 176 439 (r) 353 369
2005 (r) 46 689 (r) 51 304 78 731 (r) 176 068 (r) 352 792
2006 (r) 48 830 (r) 53 701 80 681 (r) 179 728 (r) 362 940
2007 (r) 52 877 (r) 52 807 78 802 (r) 175 091 (r) 359 577
2008 58 506 52 707 69 107 171 126 351 446

Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours.
NAICS North American Industry Classification System; (r) Revised.
(1) Excludes oil and gas, and services incidental to mining.

TABLE 24.
CANADA, NUMBER OF WAGE EARNERS EMPLOYED IN THE NON-FUEL MINERAL INDUSTRY (SURFACE, UNDERGROUND AND MILL), 1997-2007
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
(number)
METALS
Surface 4 762 5 192 4 847 5 315 4 799 3 692 3 737 3 467 4 110 4 412 4 915
Underground 11 556 9 269 8 468 8 095 7 761 8 480 7 954 7 834 7 639 7 833 8 164
Mill 8 803 8 601 8 267 7 448 7 087 6 962 6 671 5 676 6 145 6 072 6 093
Total 25 121 23 062 21 582 20 858 19 647 19 134 18 362 16 977 17 894 18 317 19 172
NONMETALS
Surface 6 185 6 286 6 770 7 101 6 834 6 784 6 992 7 059 7 079 7 236 7 871
Underground 1 964 2 009 2 008 1 864 1 980 1 924 1 954 2 075 2 186 2 110 2 122
Mill 4 392 4 506 4 907 4 861 4 732 4 638 4 598 4 944 4 361 3 888 3 938
Total 12 541 12 800 13 685 13 826 13 546 13 346 13 544 14 078 13 626 13 234 13 931
TOTAL NON-FUEL
MINERAL INDUSTRY
Surface 10 947 11 478 11 617 12 416 11 633 10 476 10 729 10 526 11 189 11 648 12 786
Underground 13 520 11 278 10 476 9 959 9 741 10 404 9 908 9 909 9 825 9 943 10 286
Mill 13 195 13 107 13 174 12 309 11 819 11 600 11 269 10 620 10 506 9 960 10 031
Total 37 662 35 862 35 267 34 684 33 193 32 480 31 906 31 055 31 520 31 551 33 103

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 25.
CANADA MINE AND MILL WORKERS, BY SEX, EMPLOYED IN THE NON-FUEL MINERAL INDUSTRY, 2007
  Mine Workers Mill Workers Total
Underground Surface
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
(number)
METALS
Gold 2 396 36 894 95 1 191 51 4 481 182
Silver-lead-zinc x x x x x x x x
Uranium x x x x x x x x
Iron ore – – 1 168 97 1 621 126 2 789 223
Nickel-copper-zinc  x x x x x x x x
Miscellaneous metal mines  x x x x x x x x
Total 8 062 102 4 609 306 5 687 406 18 358 814
NONMETALS 
Peat – – 490 42 596 55 1 086 97
Gypsum – – 323 9 64 3 387 12
Potash 1 264 35 375 5 1 269 65 2 908 105
Salt 575 1 114 6 333 10 1 022 17
Diamonds 127 17 456 56 296 21 879 94
Stone – – 2 246 43 529 21 2 775 64
Sand and gravel – – 3 252 148 203 4 3 455 152
Shale, clay and refractory minerals – – 56 1 132 – 188 1
Miscellaneous nonmetals (1) x x x x x x x x
Total 2 069 53 7 559 312 3 750 188 13 378 553
Total non-fuel mineral industry 10 131 155 12 168 618 9 437 594 31 736 1 367

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
– Nil; x Confidential.
(1) Includes chrysotile (asbestos) mining and all other nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying.

TABLE 26.
CANADA, LABOUR COSTS FOR METAL MINES IN RELATION TO TONNES MINED (SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND), 2005-07
  Number
of Wage
Earners		 Total
Wages		 Average
Annual
Wage		 Tonnage
of Ore
Mined		 Average
Annual Tonnes
Mined Per
Wage Earner		 Wage
Cost Per
Tonne Mined
(no.) ($000) ($) (000 t) (t) ($)
2005
Gold 3 287 262 868 79 972 42 992 13 079 6.11
Nickel-copper-zinc 6 063 411 327 67 842 96 100 15 850 4.28
Silver-lead-zinc 335 19 998 59 694 3 529 10 533 5.67
Iron ore 1 082 107 910 99 732 87 737 81 088 1.23
Miscellaneous metals 982 67 712 68 954 20 161 20 531 3.36
Total 11 749 869 815 74 033 250 518 21 322 3.47
2006
Gold 3 331 257 915 77 429 40 033 12 018 6.44
Nickel-copper-zinc 6 104 419 230 68 681 91 766 15 034 4.57
Silver-lead-zinc 343 20 562 59 947 3 563 10 386 5.77
Iron ore 1 251 121 917 97 456 92 606 74 025 1.32
Miscellaneous metals 1 216 77 529 63 758 21 311 17 526 3.64
Total 12 245 897 153 73 267 249 279 20 358 3.60
2007
Gold 3 421 257 097 75 153 39 052 11 415 6.58
Nickel-copper-zinc 6 824 496 546 72 765 87 067 12 759 5.70
Silver-lead-zinc 358 21 255 59 370 6 793 10 596 5.60
Iron ore 1 265 122 257 96 646 85 281 67 416 1.43
Miscellaneous metals 1 211 87 635 72 366 21 225 17 527 4.13
Total 13 079 984 790 75 296 236 419 18 076 4.17

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada.
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

TABLE 27.
CANADA, PERSON-HOURS PAID FOR PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS, AND TONNES OF ORE MINED IN METAL MINES AND OTHER MINERAL OPERATIONS, (3) 1997-2007
  Unit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
METAL MINES (1)
Ore mined Mt 248.00 259.89 224.30 247.19 230.78 226.27 231.68 227.88 250.52 249.28 236.42
Person-hours paid (2) million 54.60 50.18 46.12 46.58 44.13 40.58 39.22 36.66 38.81 39.35 41.12
Person-hours paid per tonne mined number 0.22 0.19 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.16 0.17
Tonnes mined per person-hour paid t 4.54 5.18 4.86 5.31 5.23 5.58 5.91 6.22 6.45 6.34 5.75
OTHER MINERAL OPERATIONS (3)
Ore mined Mt 177.59 167.50 152.06 151.59 149.10 143.26 142.29 148.62 (r) 159.13 (r) 146.7 158.48
Person-hours paid (2) million 28.98 26.73 24.16 21.77 21.06 21.06 20.85 21.68 21.71 20.21 21.01
Person-hours paid per tonne mined number 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13
Tonnes mined per person-hour paid t 6.13 6.27 6.29 6.96 7.08 6.80 6.82 6.86 (r) 7.33 (r) 7.26 7.54

Sources: Natural Resources Canada; Statistics Canada, cat. nos. 26-201, 26-223 and 26-226.
(r) Revised.
(1) Excludes placer mining. (2) Person-hours paid for production and related workers only. (3) Includes chrysotile (asbestos), diamonds, potash, gypsum, salt, miscellaneous nonmetals, and coal.

TABLE 28.
CANADA, AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES (INCLUDING OVERTIME) FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE MINING AND
MINERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1997-2008 (1)
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
($)
Oil and gas extraction 1 252.70 1 298.43 1 333.92 1 352.43 (r) 1 360.70 (r) 1 412.19 (r) 1 492.83 (r) 1 543.22 (r) 1 579.84 (r) 1 678.91 (r) 1 761.81 1 877.28
Mining 998.87 1 053.39 1 039.90 1 094.11 (r) 1 100.02 (r) 1 041.08 (r) 1 110.58 (r) 1 160.69 (r) 1 170.25 (r) 1 157.88 (r) 1 300.23 1 357.31
Coal mining 1 045.80 1 138.11 1 126.95 1 204.74 (r) 1 159.56 (r) 1 104.33 (r) 1 193.05 (r) 1 294.43 (r) 1 291.55 (r) 1 269.39 (r) 1 427.52 . .
Metal ore mining 1 053.23 1 127.77 1 123.25 1 168.98 (r) 1 180.02 (r) 1 140.29 (r) 1 194.46 (r) 1 244.41 (r) 1 240.90 (r) 1 262.54 (r) 1 362.87 1 428.19
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying 873.86 893.33 882.64 944.20 (r) 976.88 (r) 907.65 (r) 1 000.39 (r) 1 040.27 (r) 1 067.16 (r) 1 023.00 (r) 1 203.68 1 246.76
Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction 948.30 978.06 970.21 1 013.57 (r) 1 050.45 (r) 1 023.01 (r) 1 118.72 (r) 1 189.73 (r) 1 202.82 (r) 1 217.99 (r) 1 317.05 1 417.36
Primary metal manufacturing 963.71 957.80 979.83 980.49 (r) 998.24 (r) 1 026.45 (r) 1 038.58 (r) 1 090.66 (r) 1 116.13 (r) 1 106.74 (r) 1 207.30 1 180.95
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 766.11 773.91 751.64 763.65 (r) 773.28 (r) 793.89 (r) 844.81 (r) 834.16 (r) 888.43 (r) 905.16 (r) 961.87 1 008.48
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 729.36 752.52 767.44 774.18 (r) 774.39 (r) 766.90 (r) 785.32 (r) 830.66 (r) 829.60 (r) 839.22 (r) 903.29 960.13

Source: Statistics Canada, Annual Estimates of Employment, Earnings and Hours.
. . Not available; (r) Revised.
(1) Current and historical estimates from the Survey of Employee Payroll and Hours are using the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) instead of NAICS 2002.
Note: Previous versions of this publication presented average weekly earnings for all employees with an incorrect title of "Canada, Average Weekly Wage for Hourly Rated Employees in the Mining and Mineral Manufacturing Industries." The title of the table has been corrected for this version.

TABLE 29.
CANADA, NUMBER OF STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS BY INDUSTRY, 2006-08 (p)
  2006 2007 2008 (p)
Strikes and Lockouts Workers Involved Duration in Person-Days Strikes and Lockouts Workers Involved Duration in Person-Days Strikes and Lockouts Workers Involved Duration in Person-Days
(number)
Agriculture – – – – – – – – –
Logging and forestry 1 198 29 110 – – – – – –
Fishing and trapping – – – – – – – – –
Mining 3 857 45 400 6 1 433 45 580 2 1 122 51 270
Utilities       3 187 3 120 3 347 5 070
Oil and Gas Extraction – – – – – – 1 27 640
Construction 1 18 2 550 16 16 329 222 282 4 60 1 930
Manufacturing 61 10 978 339 303 46 11 930 652 015 54 5 881 281 590
Wholesale and retail trade 14 977 43 250 10 749 19 630 35 1 818 77 280
Transportation and warehousing 13 9 510 33 780 24 10 313 158 380 11 14 287 114 820
Information and culture 4 219 16 080 7 1 801 105 670 5 1 039 56 870
Finance, insurance and real estate 6 265 12 540 7 462 13 240 6 187 14 350
Education, health and social sciences 19 11 475 160 880 49 12 218 173 160 27 12 264 118 560
Entertainment and hospitality 18 3 024 77 490 28 3 124 88 380 30 3 214 133 350
Public administration 11 4 793 31 370 10 7 006 289 250 9 1 048 20 310
Total, all industries 151 42 314 791 753 206 65 552 1 770 707 187 41 294 876 040

Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Workplace Information Directorate.
– Nil; (p) Preliminary.

TABLE 30.
CANADA, NUMBER OF STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS BY MINING AND MINERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, 2006-08 (p)
  2006 007 2008 (p)
 Strikes and Lockouts   Workers Involved   Duration in Person-Days   Strikes and Lockouts   Workers Involved   Duration in Person-Days   Strikes and Lockouts   Workers Involved   Duration in Person-Days 
MINING 3 857 45 400 6 1 433 45 580 2 1 122 51 270
Metals 1 117 5 240 4 1 313 40 910 1 635 17 240
Nonmetals 2 740 40 160 – – – 1 487 34 030
Mineral fuels – – – – – – – – –
Support activities – – – 2 120 4 670 – – –
MINERAL
MANUFACTURING		 11 1 406 32 862 9 1 217 53 070 14 1 507 47 960
Primary metals 7 1 099 29 800 6 1 013 39 770 8 959 21 150
Nonmetallic mineral
products		 4 307 3 062 3 204 13 300 6 548 26 810

Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Workplace Information Directorate.
– Nil; (p) Preliminary.
Note: For mining, the table does not include utilities and oil and gas extraction.