KEY FINDINGS – NATIONAL
CANADANET TECH EMPLOYMENT
CANADIAN NET TECH EMPLOYMENT ⇥ As noted previously, net tech employment totaled an estimated 1.72 million in 2019, an increase of more than 59,900 workers over the 2018 base of 1.66 million. Net tech employment grew an estimated 3.6 percentyear-over-year. ⇥ Net tech employment accounted for approximately 8.5 percent of the overall Canadian workforce in 2019. As noted previously, because of the blurring of lines across industries, there is likely a degree of undercounting in tech sector employment as apercentage of Canadian employment. CANADIAN TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT ⇥ Canadian tech industry employment totaled an estimated 881,062 in 2019, an increase of 31,708 workers from 849,354 in 2018. Tech industry employment grew an estimated 3.7 percentyear-over-year. and Internet Services which saw a decline of almost 4,400 jobs when compared to experienced a decline when compared to the previous yearwas Telecommunications ⇥ Tech manufacturing employment totaled an estimated 108,910 in 2019, an increase of more than 5,500 jobs when compared to the previous year. The sector that
Numeric Change
2018 2019 est.
Techemployment occupation, and self- employed net of industry,
1,657,517 1,717,471 +59,954
Total 1,657,517 1,717,471 +59,954
CANADA TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
Numeric Change
2018 2019 est.
TechManufacturing
103,331 108,910 +5,579
Telecommunications
and InternetServices 142,371 137,971 -4,400
the previous year.
Software [packaged]
46,434 49,684 +3,250
⇥ The core IT occupations component of tech occupations accounts for 67 percent of the total. IT occupations added about 43,354 net-new jobs in 2019, a year-over-year growth rate of 6.3 percent. On a numeric basis, software and web developers added the most jobs when compared to2018. TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, WAGES, AND EMPLOYER DEMAND ⇥ There are approximately 73,154 tech business enterprises with payroll located throughout Canada. This is supplemented by self-employed tech workers, which are classified separately by Canadian governmentsources. ⇥ Tech wages averaged $80,791 CAD in 2019, 52% higher than the average national wage of $53,181 CAD. ⇥ According to data from Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights, the numberof job ⇥ emerging technology skills in areas such as machine learning, robotics,AR/VR, postings by Canadian employers for tech occupations reached nearly 134,801 during 2019. CANADIAN TECH OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT ⇥ Tech occupation jobs reached an estimated 1.08 million workers in 2019, an increase of 44,610 workers. On a percent change basis, it represents a 4.3 percent increase over2018. ⇥ Since 2012, over 215,000 new tech occupation jobs were added; a function of the demand for tech talent across every industry sector in the Canadianeconomy. ⇥ The IT services and custom software services subsector generated the largest numerical gain in employment, adding nearly 17,248 net-new jobs in 2019. This gain is a 5.6 percentage increase over 2018. This growth reflects theongoing digital transformations occurring across the Canadian economy and the corresponding need for expertise in areas such as cloud computingmigration, applicationintegration, business process automation, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. While still a relatively small subset of overall job postings, employer demandfor
IT Servicesand CustomSoftware
309,383 326,631 +17,248
Engineering Services,
R&D, and Testing
247,835 257,865 +10,030
Total
849,354 881,062 +31,707
CANADA TECH OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT Numeric 2018 2019 est. Change
ITOccupations
684,063 727,417 +43,354
Engineeringand Technician Occupations
351,604 352,860 +1,255
Total 1,035,667 1,080,277 +44,610
TOP TECHOCCUPATION CATEGORIES
2019 est. % Change
Software andWeb Developers
234,170
7.3%
Information systems analystsand
consultants
179,514
8.5%
IT User support technicians
101,870
6.4%
blockchain, internet of things, and related, increased 36 percent in2019.
Source: EMSI | Statistics Canada | CompTIA Some numeric changes affected by rounding
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