Canada. Public Sector Employment Up

Public sector employment reached 3.6 million in the first quarter of 2009, up by 74,000 or 2.1% over the same quarter in 2008. This rate of growth was slower than the annual increase of 3.2% for 2008 as a whole.

Public sector workers accounted for 19.7% of total employment in 2008, a proportion that has remained stable since 2001. Public sector employment has been increasing at a similar pace as total employment.

Between 2001 and 2008, more than half of the employment increase in the public sector occurred in Ontario, mostly in local government. Nationally, one out of every three public sector employees worked in Ontario. Alberta had the highest annual growth rate among all provinces, a 5% increase in both 2007 and 2008.

The ratio of public sector employees to the total population has grown from 98 for every 1,000 population in 2001 to 105 in 2008. The lowest ratios in 2008 were in British Columbia (90) and Alberta (91).

Between 2001 and 2008, the growth rate in employment in local general government has been almost twice as that in the federal general government. In contrast, there was little growth in the provincial and territorial general government employment.

Employment in educational institutions and in health and social service institutions rose by 2.1% and 2.2%, respectively between 2007 and 2008. In both sectors, the employment has increased at a steady pace since 2001.

Source:Statistics Canada, May 29, 2009

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