RNNR Committee Report

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APPENDIX A

Table 1: Natural Resources Canada Estimate of Direct Contribution of the Oil and Gas Industry to
Total GDP (Nominal) (2012, in millions $CAD)

	Canada	NL	PEI	NS	NB	QC	ON	MB	SK	AB	BC
GDP – Oil and Gas	112,455^a	8,204	0	586	762	1,576	1,767	2,058	15,136	74,958	7,408
GDP – Total Economy	1,710,999	31,616	5,143	35,080	29,087	335,234	631,111	54,312	74,524	301,884	204,086
Oil and Gas Share of GDP	6.6%	26.0%	0.0%	1.7%	2.6%	0.5%	0.3%	3.8%	20.3%	24.8%	3.6%

Note: Does not include territories.

Source: Statistics Canada CANSIM table 379-0028, TD Economic Estimates for Provincial GDP.

Table 2: Employment – 2012 (Annual Average), according to Statistics Canada
(System of National Accounts/Labour Force Survey)

	Canada	NL	PEI	NS	NB	QC	ON	MB	SK	AB	BC
Total Direct and Indirect Employment in Oil and Gas	351,755	1,592	81	3,590	2,871	6,325	17,385	2,865	26,223	248,405	36,587
Total Employment	17,850,790	227,560	71,840	467,945	358,235	3,959,045	6,911,110	662,245	558,630	2,211,405	2,349,000
Oil and Gas Share of Total Employment	-	0.7%	0.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	4.6%	11.0%	1.5%

Source: Statistics Canada CANSIM table 383-0031 – NRCan estimates direct employment for provinces for which data are not available due to confidentiality using Labour Force Survey data (special tabulation).