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Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Employment by industry by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 1.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 0.5 to 0.9 %
Group 2: 0.9 to 1.9 %
Group 3: 1.9 to 2.5 %
Group 4: 2.5 to 5.6 %
Highest: 5.6 to 6.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Newfoundland and Labrador	6.4
2	Alberta	5.6
3	Saskatchewan	3.8
4	Prince Edward Island	2.5
5	Nova Scotia	2.1
6	New Brunswick	1.9
7	British Columbia	1.5
8	Quebec	0.9
8	Manitoba	0.9
10	Ontario	0.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-forestry-fishing-mining-oil-and-gas/

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