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Tables on Employers and Employees Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit
Table 3
Total Number of Employers and Employees by Sector Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit
SUB SECTOR
SUBJECT TO THE ACT
UNDER AUDIT
Employers
Employees
Private Sector(as of December 31, 2001)
Banking
Communications
Transportation
Other*
22
195,870
16
171,876
88
215,330
47
176,128
246
178,121
90
104,726
52
45,438
26
40,570
Federal Public Service (as of March 31, 2002)
68
157,511
65
156,070
Separate Federal Agencies (as March 31, 2002)
19
154,809
9
64,688
TOTAL
495
947,079
253
714,058
The "Other" sub-sector includes such diverse industries as grain companies, uranium mines nuclear power operations, credit corporations and museums.
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Table 4
Public Sector Organizations Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit by Employer Size
RANGE
PUBLIC SERVICE (as of March 2002)
SEPARATE AGENCIES (as of March 2002)
10,000 plus
4
67,889
3
126,285
1
47,083
2,000 - 9,999
14
72,759
6
24,350
15,924
1,000 - 1,999
5
6,807
4,076
1,148
0
500 - 999 *
4,379
7
5,639
627
100 - 499
20
5,138
8
2,399
1,054
less than 100
539
17
569
*
The number of employers subject to the Act and under audit reflect changes in size of some public sector organizations since audits were begun.
Private Sector Organizations Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit by Employer Size
SUBJECT TO THE ACT (as of December 31, 2001)
10,000 plus *
366,110
323,041
32
116,431
27
91,549
37
51,472
28
39,748
500 - 999
54
38,488
25
18,096
262
61,565
83
20,768
693
2
98
408
634,759
179
493,300
The number of employers subject to the Act includes all employers as of December 31, 2001.
Province/Territory
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
(ers)
(ees)
Newfoundland
1,466
3,060
2,175
113
6,814
Prince Edward Island
311
501
322
1,134
Nova Scotia
4,913
5,199
13
3,997
254
14,363
New Brunswick
3,418
6,055
12
3,616
223
29
13,312
Quebec
11
31,064
40
47,695
61
29,907
4,011
124
112,677
Ontario
106,563
48
88,855
104
61,033
26,877
200
283,328
Manitoba
5,152
7,210
11,286
3,933
27,581
Saskatchewan
4,102
3,049
3,430
3,905
14,486
Alberta
15,507
21,684
55
24,042
10
1,687
100
62,920
British Columbia
21,200
27,208
26,968
1,177
76,553
Northwest Territories
71
351
422
Yukon
80
214
506
800
Residual**
2,023
4,249
10,839
3,258
20,369
Canada***
Note: *
The "other" sub-sector includes such diverse industries as grain companies, uranium mines, nuclear power operations, credit corporations and museums.
Employees for whom no detailed reports were filed since employers only have to report in those regions where they have at least 100 employees.
The number of employers reported by province and territory includes regional offices, which are not included in the "Canada" line.
1,433
1,332
1,274
4,039
293
185
190
668
4,994
2,791
1,763
1,888
23
11,436
2,798
6,528
2,964
12,290
30,793
38,811
15,195
1,885
86,684
87,691
75,873
42
31,494
23,303
95
218,361
5,059
6,446
7,765
4,138
23,408
4,003
2,441
2,846
4,307
13,597
13,960
16,314
13,965
1,982
51
46,221
19,754
22,276
20,201
1,677
63,908
329
591
937
195
201
1,075
2,607
6,128
1,740
11,550
CANADA ***
104,376