In 2021, some 31,692 people were employed in the railway industry in Canada. Around 25 percent of them worked on track maintenance, which was the second main occupational group for rail transport. It was followed by general services, which were comprised of some 6,008 employees.
Average number of employees in Canada's rail transportation from 2010 to 2021, by occupational group
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Transportation*
Road maintenance
Equipment maintenance
General services
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* Includes number of employees working in scheduling, dispatching and operating trains and other ancillary services, the operation of terminal facilities and the distribution of cars and motive power. Figures prior to 2016 are from previous reports.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc, 2010 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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