B.C./Canada Statistics -- Forest Products and Economics -- Employment

Employment in the forest industry in B.C.

Year	Harvest ('000 m³)	Logging	Wood	P & A	Total	Logging	Wood	P & A	Total

		(employees)				(employees/1000 m³)

1950	23 408	n/a	34 439	6 155	n/a	n/a	1.47	0.26	n/a
1955	29 280	n/a	41 434	8 640	n/a	n/a	1.42	0.30	n/a
1960	33 975	n/a	37 202	10 409	n/a	n/a	1.09	0.31	n/a
1965	43 413	18 746	40 499	14 176	73 421	0.43	0.93	0.33	1.69
1966	45 348	17 846	39 699	15 779	73 324	0.39	0.88	0.35	1.62
1967	44 505	17 369	37 582	16 533	71 484	0.39	0.84	0.37	1.61
1968	48 178	17 948	38 304	16 528	72 780	0.37	0.80	0.34	1.51
1969	53 487	20 279	39 284	17 312	76 875	0.38	0.73	0.32	1.44
1970	54 726	18 581	38 329	17 089	73 999	0.34	0.70	0.31	1.35
1971	56 515	18 364	41 652	18 327	78 343	0.32	0.74	0.32	1.39
1972	56 416	18 976	45 819	18 804	83 599	0.34	0.81	0.33	1.48
1973	70 093	21 716	49 549	19 782	91 047	0.31	0.71	0.28	1.30
1974	60 047	22 906	44 866	20 768	88 540	0.38	0.75	0.35	1.47
1975	50 077	18 046	38 655	20 225	76 926	0.36	0.77	0.40	1.54
1976	69 521	20 464	44 645	20 404	85 513	0.29	0.64	0.29	1.23
1977	69 969	21 125	47 605	20 320	89 050	0.30	0.68	0.29	1.27
1978	75 173	23 534	50 955	20 665	95 154	0.31	0.68	0.27	1.27
1979	76 194	24 940	51 369	20 998	97 307	0.33	0.67	0.28	1.28
1980	74 654	24 784	49 708	21 540	96 032	0.33	0.67	0.29	1.29
1981	61 818	20 017	46 627	20 660	87 304	0.32	0.75	0.33	1.41
1982	56 231	16 769	40 309	18 458	75 536	0.30	0.72	0.33	1.34
1983	71 369	20 411	40 392	17 390	78 193	0.29	0.57	0.24	1.10
1984	74 556	23 056	38 901	17 433	79 390	0.31	0.52	0.23	1.06
1985	76 868	21 870	39 603	16 850	78 323	0.28	0.52	0.22	1.02
1986	77 503	22 289	37 204	17 254	76 747	0.29	0.48	0.22	0.99
1987	90 591	23 236	42 425	17 662	83 323	0.26	0.47	0.19	0.92
1988	86 807	22 340	42 283	18 207	82 830	0.26	0.49	0.21	0.95
1989	87 414	22 437	42 416	18 643	83 496	0.26	0.49	0.21	0.96
1990	78 316	19 753	40 312	18 427	78 492	0.25	0.51	0.24	1.00
1991	73 675	18 393	35 562	18 427	72 382	0.25	0.48	0.25	0.98
1992	74 004	17 898	40 115	17 225	75 238	0.24	0.54	0.23	1.02
1993	79 239	18 979	41 939	17 469	78 387	0.24	0.53	0.22	0.99
1994	75 650	16 380	42 795	17 228	76 403	0.22	0.57	0.23	1.01
1995	76 471	18 655	41 068	17 631	77 354	0.24	0.54	0.23	1.01
1996	75 213	20 147	38 973	17 423	76 543	0.27	0.52	0.23	1.02
1997	75 213
1998	65 984

Average employees/1000 m³ harvested (1992–1996)						0.24	0.54	0.23	1.01

Data source: Harvest Data – Ministry of Forests, Harvest Database System. Employment Data – Statistics Canada, Annual Survey of Manufactures & Logging Industry Catalogue 25-201-XPB. Notes:Employment for logging includes working owners and partners for the years 1975 and later. Wood – wood industries. P & A – paper and allied industries. m³ – cubic metres.

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