June 28 2010 - The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC) is pleased to announce the release of provincial summaries from the report Who’s Working For You: A Demographic Profile of Tourism Sector Employees. The report uses customized census, labour force survey, and business register data to provide employment statistics for each of the industry groups included in the tourism sector: accommodation, food and beverage services, transportation, recreation and entertainment, and travel services. This edition of the report uses specialized tabulations from the 2006 Census to create demographic profiles of the Canadian labour force for the five tourism industry groups, and for 38 specific occupations. The provincial summaries break this data down for each province, and for their major metropolitan areas.
The provincial summaries from the Demographic Profile of Tourism Sector Employees report provide specific labour market information for each province in Canada. In British Columbia, workers born outside of Canada made up 32.2% of the province’s tourism workforce, compared to 2.7% of tourism employees in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The detailed information in the provincial summaries from the Demographic Profile of Tourism Sector Employees report will give employers hard data on the industry and the labour pool in their province, allowing them to adjust their recruiting and human resource practices to attract and retain the right people for their operation.
The provincial summaries of the report are available on the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council website: Demographic Profile of Tourism Sector Employees.
