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Appendix A

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
  

SECTOR

SUB SECTOR

SUBJECT TO THE ACT

UNDER AUDIT

  

Employers

Employees

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)

SUBJECT TO THE ACT

UNDER AUDIT

SUBJECT TO THE ACT

UNDER AUDIT

   

Employers

Employees

Employers

Employees

Employers

Employees

Employers

Employees

10,000 plus

4

67,889

4

67,889

3

126,285

1

47,083

2,000 - 9,999

14

72,759

14

72,759

6

24,350

4

15,924

1,000 - 1,999

5

6,807

3

4,076

1

1,148

0

0

500 - 999 *

6

4,379

7

5,639

1

627

1

627

100 - 499

20

5,138

20

5,138

8

2,399

3

1,054

less than 100

19

539

17

569

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

68

157,511

65

156,070

19

154,809

9

64,688

*

 The number of employers subject to the Act and under audit reflect changes in size of some public sector organizations since audits were begun.

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Table 5

Private Sector Organizations Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit by Employer Size

RANGE

SUBJECT TO THE ACT (as of December 31, 2001)

UNDER AUDIT

Employers

Employees

Employers

Employees

10,000 plus *

14

366,110

14

323,041

2,000 - 9,999

32

116,431

27

91,549

1,000 - 1,999

37

51,472

28

39,748

500 - 999

54

38,488

25

18,096

100 - 499

262

61,565

83

20,768

less than 100

9

693

2

98

TOTAL

408

634,759

179

493,300

*

The number of employers subject to the Act includes all employers as of December 31, 2001.

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Table 6

Private Sector Organizations and Employees Subject to the Employment Equity Act by Province and Sector (as of December 31, 2001)

(ers)  =  Employers       (ees)  =  Employees

Province/
Territory

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

BankingCommunicationsTransportationOther*TOTAL
  

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

Newfoundland

5

1,466

6

3,060

8

2,175

1

113

20

6,814

Prince Edward Island

3

311

2

501

2

322

0

0

7

1,134

Nova Scotia

6

4,913

6

5,199

13

3,997

2

254

27

14,363

New Brunswick

6

3,418

9

6,055

12

3,616

2

223

29

13,312

Quebec

11

31,064

40

47,695

61

29,907

12

4,011

124

112,677

Ontario

16

106,563

48

88,855

104

61,033

32

26,877

200

283,328

Manitoba

6

5,152

11

7,210

19

11,286

12

3,933

48

27,581

Saskatchewan

5

4,102

7

3,049

12

3,430

8

3,905

32

14,486

Alberta

8

15,507

27

21,684

55

24,042

10

1,687

100

62,920

British Columbia

9

21,200

25

27,208

47

26,968

7

1,177

88

76,553

Northwest Territories

2

71

1

351

0

0

0

0

3

422

Yukon

2

80

1

214

2

506

0

0

5

800

Residual**

 

2,023

 

4,249

  

10,839

 

3,258

  

20,369

Canada***

22

195,870

88

215,330

246

178,121

52

45,438

408

634,759

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.

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Table 7

Private Sector Organizations and Employees Under Audit by Province and Sector as of December 31, 2001

(ers)  =  Employers       (ees)  =  Employees

Province/
Territory

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Banking

Communications

Transportation

Other*

TOTAL

  

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

(ers)

(ees)

Newfoundland

5

1,433

3

1,332

4

1,274

0

0

12

4,039

Prince Edward Island

3

293

1

185

1

190

0

0

5

668

Nova Scotia

6

4,994

6

2,791

9

1,763

2

1,888

23

11,436

New Brunswick

6

2,798

8

6,528

9

2,964

0

0

23

12,290

Quebec

12

30,793

22

38,811

29

15,195

5

1,885

68

86,684

Ontario

12

87,691

29

75,873

42

31,494

12

23,303

95

218,361

Manitoba

6

5,059

8

6,446

11

7,765

7

4,138

32

23,408

Saskatchewan

5

4,003

3

2,441

7

2,846

4

4,307

19

13,597

Alberta

8

13,960

16

16,314

23

13,965

4

1,982

51

46,221

British Columbia

10

19,754

16

22,276

22

20,201

6

1,677

54

63,908

Northwest Territories

1

17

1

329

2

591

0

0

4

937

Yukon

1

6

1

195

0

0

0

0

2

201

Residual**

  

1,075

  

2,607

  

6,128

  

1,740

 

11,550

 CANADA ***

16

171,876

47

176,128

90

104,376

26

40,570

179

493,300

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.

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