The largest employment sectors in the area are the forestry sector and supply and services sectors, with additional employment in the public sector, tourism and recreation, ranching, agricultural, trapping and mining sectors (Figure 4). (SEA page 14)
Total: 5,235 person-years
Figure 4 Sources of employment in the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area
Employment in the service sector is created through the spending of wages and salaries earned in the other sectors. Thus, the employment in the services sector can be divided among the other sectors based on the portion of the direct employment each sector creates. Adding the portion of service sector employment dependent on forestry wages and salaries to direct forest sector employment reveals that forestry activity in the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area supports approximately 30 per cent of the area’s total employment.
