Canada's upstream industry employs over 500,000 people. The majority of people employed work within the conventional and offshore oil and gas industry. In 2019, this figure stood at 308,000, compared with 214,000 direct and indirect jobs in the oil sands sector.
Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000)
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Oil industry in the U.S.CAPP. (June 23, 2022). Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/
CAPP. "Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000)." Chart. June 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/
CAPP. (2022). Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/
CAPP. "Number of Employees in The Oil Sands and Conventional Crude Oil & Gas Industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/
CAPP, Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Number of employees in the oil sands and conventional crude oil & gas industry in Canada from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000) [Graph], CAPP, June 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346122/canada-oil-industry-employment-by-sector/