NOC 2021 · minor groupMost sectors

Longshore workers and material handlers

208,705 people in Canada, 28% of them in Transportation and warehousing. Spread across the economy but leaning somewhere. Common enough that an industry which does NOT employ it is the notable case.

EmployedA
208,705
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
8
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
28%
Transportation and warehousing
Median pay
$68,245
across 2 job titles
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Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It leans to one sector without belonging to it.

Transportation and warehousing 28%
Manufacturing 23.6%
Retail trade 18.7%
Wholesale trade 12.3%
Professional, scientific and technical services 5.2%
Construction 3%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 2.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1.2%
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The jobs inside it

Statistics Canada counts these together as one minor group. These are the job titles underneath.

Longshore workers 75100Material handlers 75101

Sources for this page

The sector split is a count; the industry tag is a reading of it. Statistics Canada publishes this cross-tabulation against the twenty NAICS sectors and no finer, so everything above the industry table is measured and the table itself is judgment — offered because "which industry employs a veterinarian" has a useful answer that the published data stops just short of.