Canadian Minerals Yearbook (CMY) - 2009

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SECTION 6. EMPLOYMENT, SALARIES AND WAGES

TABLE 22. CANADIAN MINING AND QUARRYING EMPLOYMENT, 1998-2009
Year Metal Mines Nonmetal Mines Coal Total
(number)
1998 32 354 19 431 8 304 60 089
1999 29 555 19 987 7 812 57 354
2000 29 468 20 031 7 199 56 698
2001 25 564 19 524 6 030 51 118
2002 22 585 19 497 5 700 47 782
2003 21 810 20 224 4 841 46 875
2004 21 374 19 907 4 543 45 824
2005 21 196 20 456 5 037 46 689
2006 22 007 21 487 5 336 48 830
2007 23 850 23 183 5 844 52 877
2008 28 074 23 988 6 443 58 505
2009 23 767 21 775 5 575 51 116

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

TABLE 23. CANADA, MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY, (1) 1998-2009
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 51 118 53 719 91 185 184 269 380 291
2002 47 782 51 423 90 322 181 096 370 623
2003 46 875 51 329 85 402 180 561 364 167
2004 45 824 51 403 79 703 176 439 353 369
2005 46 689 51 304 78 731 176 068 352 792
2006 48 830 53 701 80 681 179 728 362 940
2007 52 877 52 807 78 802 175 091 359 577
2008 58 506 52 707 69 107 171 126 351 446
2009 51 093 48 640 59 338 147 853 306 924

Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours.
NAICS North American Industry Classification System.
(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), 1998-2008
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(number)
METALS
Surface 5 192 4 847 5 315 4 799 3 692 3 737 3 467 4 110 4 412 4 915 5 111
Underground 9 269 8 468 8 095 7 761 8 480 7 954 7 834 7 639 7 833 8 164 8 241
Mill 8 601 8 267 7 448 7 087 6 962 6 671 5 676 6 145 6 072 6 093 6 995
Total 23 062 21 582 20 858 19 647 19 134 18 362 16 977 17 894 18 317 19 172 20 347
NONMETALS
Surface 6 286 6 770 7 101 6 834 6 784 6 992 7 059 7 079 7 236 7 871 8 208
Underground 2 009 2 008 1 864 1 980 1 924 1 954 2 075 2 186 2 110 2 122 2 547
Mill 4 506 4 907 4 861 4 732 4 638 4 598 4 944 4 361 3 888 3 938 4 212
Total 12 800 13 685 13 826 13 546 13 346 13 544 14 078 13 626 13 234 13 931 14 967
TOTAL NON-FUEL MINERAL INDUSTRY
Surface 11 478 11 617 12 416 11 633 10 476 10 729 10 526 11 189 11 648 12 786 13 319
Underground 11 278 10 476 9 959 9 741 10 404 9 908 9 909 9 825 9 943 10 286 10 788
Mill 13 107 13 174 12 309 11 819 11 600 11 269 10 620 10 506 9 960 10 031 11 207
Total 35 862 35 267 34 684 33 193 32 480 31 906 31 055 31 520 31 551 33 103 35 314

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, 2008
  Mine Workers Mill Workers Total
Underground Surface
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
(number)
METALS
Gold 2 633 22 817 44 1 378 46 4 878 112
Silver-lead-zinc x x x x x x x x
Uranium x x x x x x x x
Iron ore – – 1 200 111 1 763 147 2 963 258
Nickel-copper-zinc x x x x x x x x
Miscellaneous metal mines x x x x x x x x
Total 8 157 84 4 790 321 6 536 459 19 483 864
NONMETALS
Peat – – 422 39 544 49 966 88
Gypsum – – 295 8 56 3 351 11
Potash 1 596 30 154 11 1 420 69 3 170 110
Salt 608 1 133 3 341 9 1 082 13
Diamonds 261 12 428 22 415 33 1 104 67
Stone x x x x x x x x
Sand and gravel – – 3 738 227 243 6 3 981 233
Shale, clay and refractory minerals – – 35 1 127 1 162 2
Miscellaneous nonmetals (1) x x x x x x x x
Total 2 504 42 7 836 371 4 016 196 14 356 611
Total non-fuel mineral industry 10 661 126 12 626 692 10 552 655 33 839 1 475

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), 2006-08
  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
(number) ($000) ($) (000 t) (t) ($)
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
2008
Gold 3 566 297 539 83 438 42 012 11 781 7.08
Nickel-copper-zinc 6 567 505 399 76 960 94 915 14 453 5.32
Silver-lead-zinc 494 29 740 60 202 4 738 9 591 6.28
Iron ore 1 311 141 075 107 609 94 001 71 702 1.50
Miscellaneous metals 1 414 109 689 77 573 24 271 17 165 4.51
Total 13 352 1 083 442 81 145 259 937 19 468 4.16

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, (1) 1998-2008
  Unit 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
METAL MINES (2)
Ore mined Mt 259.89 224.30 247.19 230.78 226.27 231.68 227.88 250.52 249.28 236.42 259.94
Person-hours paid (3) million 50.18 46.12 46.58 44.13 40.58 39.22 36.66 38.81 39.35 41.12 43.82
Person-hours paid per tonne mined number 0.19 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.17
Tonnes mined per person-hour paid t 5.18 4.86 5.31 5.23 5.58 5.91 6.22 6.45 6.34 5.75 5.93
OTHER MINERAL OPERATIONS (1)
Ore mined Mt 167.50 152.06 151.59 149.10 143.26 142.29 148.62 159.13 146.70 158.48 159.38
Person-hours paid (3) million 26.73 24.16 21.77 21.06 21.06 20.85 21.68 21.71 20.21 21.01 21.97
Person-hours paid per tonne mined number 0.16 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.14
Tonnes mined per person-hour paid t 6.27 6.29 6.96 7.08 6.80 6.82 6.86 7.33 7.26 7.54 7.25

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

TABLE 28. CANADA, AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES (INCLUDING OVERTIME) FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE MINING AND MINERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1998-2009 (1)
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
($)
Oil and gas extraction 1 298.43 1 333.92 1 352.43 1 360.70 1 412.19 1 492.83 1 543.22 1 579.84 1 678.91 1 761.81 1 877.28 2 026.84
Mining 1 053.39 1 039.90 1 094.11 1 100.02 1 041.08 1 110.58 1 160.69 1 170.25 1 157.88 1 300.23 1 357.31 1 369.73
Coal mining 1 138.11 1 126.95 1 204.74 1 159.56 1 104.33 1 193.05 1 294.43 1 291.55 1 269.39 1 427.52 . . . .
Metal ore mining 1 127.77 1 123.25 1 168.98 1 180.02 1 140.29 1 194.46 1 244.41 1 240.90 1 262.54 1 362.87 1 428.19 . .
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying 893.33 882.64 944.20 976.88 907.65 1 000.39 1 040.27 1 067.16 1023.00 1 203.68 1 246.76 1 243.30
Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction 978.06 970.21 1 013.57 1 050.45 1 023.01 1 118.72 1 189.73 1 202.82 1 217.99 1 317.05 1 417.36 1 429.98
Primary metal manufacturing 957.80 979.83 980.49 998.24 1 026.45 1 038.58 1 090.66 1 116.13 1 106.74 1207.30 1 180.95 1 136.45
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 773.91 751.64 763.65 773.28 793.89 844.81 834.16 888.43 905.16 961.87 1 008.48 968.83
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 752.52 767.44 774.18 774.39 766.90 785.32 830.66 829.60 839.22 903.29 960.13 943.23

Source: Statistics Canada, Annual Estimates of Employment, Earnings and Hours.
. . Not available.
(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.

TABLE 29. CANADA, NUMBER OF STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS BY INDUSTRY, 2007-09 (p)
  2007 2008 2009 (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
Agriculture – – – – – – – – –
Logging and forestry – – – – – – – – –
Fishing and trapping – – – – – – – – –
Mining 6 1 433 45 580 2 662 17 880 1 205 22 400
Utilities 3 187 3 120 3 347 5 070 2 2 842 14 210
Oil and gas extraction – – – – – – – – –
Construction 16 16 329 222 282 4 60 1 930 – – –
Manufacturing 46 11 930 652 015 55 6 368 315 620 42 9 120 853 720
Wholesale and retail trade 10 749 19 630 35 1 818 77 280 30 1 859 80 770
Transportation and warehousing 24 10 313 158 380 11 14 287 114 820 12 5 574 112 440
Information and culture 7 1 801 105 670 5 1 039 56 870 3 314 7 360
Finance, insurance and real estate 7 462 13 240 6 187 13 950 10 821 23 420
Education, health and social sciences 49 12 218 173 160 27 12 264 118 560 19 8 495 95 060
Entertainment and hospitality 28 3 124 88 380 30 3 211 133 350 19 2 084 130 460
Public administration 10 7 006 289 250 9 1 048 20 310 16 35 741 763 530
Total, all industries 206 65 552 1 770 707 187 41 291 875 640 154 67 055 2 103 370

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, 2007-09 (p)
  2007 2008 2009 (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 6 1 433 45 580 2 662 17 880 1 205 22 400
Metals 4 1 313 40 910 2 662 17 880 1 205 22 400
Nonmetals – – – – – – – – –
Mineral fuels – – – – – – – – –
Support activities 2 120 4 670 – – – – – –
MINERAL
MANUFACTURING		 9 1 217 53 070 14 1 507 47 960 10 4 749 559 970
Primary metals 6 1 013 39 770 8 959 21 150 7 4 586 536 890
Nonmetallic mineral products 3 204 13 300 6 548 26 810 3 163 23 080

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.