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Share of employment in manufacturing: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of employment in manufacturing (%, derived). 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: 8.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 3.9 to 5.8 %
Group 2: 5.8 to 6.6 %
Group 3: 6.6 to 9.1 %
Group 4: 9.1 to 10 %
Highest: 10 to 10.8 %

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	Quebec	10.8
2	Ontario	10
3	Manitoba	9.6
4	Prince Edward Island	9.1
5	New Brunswick	8.2
6	Nova Scotia	6.6
7	British Columbia	6.3
8	Alberta	5.8
9	Saskatchewan	4.8
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	3.9

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 share of employment in manufacturing (%, derived) (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-manufacturing/

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