Where could a global driver matter?
For fourteen metropolitan areas, the share of local jobs in six industries, next to how much of the province's goods exports go to the United States and are energy products. These are measured exposures: where a change in oil prices, US demand, interest rates or trade measures could matter. They are not estimates of effect, and a province's export shares are not a city's.
Industry shares of jobs, and provincial export exposure
Jobs: 2021 Census, by place of work (May 2021). Exports: 2025 domestic merchandise exports of the province, customs basis. The highest share in each industry column is shown in bold.
| Metropolitan area | Mining and oil and gas | Manufacturing | Transportation and warehousing | Finance and insurance | Professional and technical | Public administration | Province | Exports to the US | Energy products in exports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 12.9% | 4.2% | Alberta | 85% | 76% |
| Edmonton | 1.8% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 8.1% | 8.2% | Alberta | 85% | 76% |
| Toronto | 0.2% | 9.5% | 5.0% | 9.3% | 13.8% | 4.6% | Ontario | 72% | 1% |
| Vancouver | 0.3% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 5.4% | 12.6% | 4.9% | British Columbia | 51% | 30% |
| Montréal | 0.2% | 10.0% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 10.9% | 5.3% | Quebec | 72% | 4% |
| Ottawa–Gatineau | 0.1% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 10.7% | 25.7% | Ontario | 72% | 1% |
| Winnipeg | 0.1% | 9.5% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 7.6% | Manitoba | 66% | 6% |
| Halifax | 0.3% | 5.0% | 3.7% | 5.9% | 10.3% | 11.8% | Nova Scotia | 69% | 1% |
| Québec | 0.1% | 7.5% | 2.9% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 14.2% | Quebec | 72% | 4% |
| Hamilton | 0.2% | 11.5% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 9.2% | 4.6% | Ontario | 72% | 1% |
| Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 0.1% | 16.1% | 3.5% | 6.9% | 10.8% | 3.4% | Ontario | 72% | 1% |
| London | 0.1% | 11.2% | 3.5% | 6.2% | 7.9% | 4.3% | Ontario | 72% | 1% |
| Saskatoon | 2.2% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 5.9% | Saskatchewan | 54% | 33% |
| Regina | 0.9% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 11.2% | Saskatchewan | 54% | 33% |
Ottawa–Gatineau spans Ontario and Quebec; its jobs are for the whole area and its province column shows Ontario only. Provincial exports are goods, not services, and exclude interprovincial trade. Several metropolitan areas share a province's figures.
From exposure to a story
A table of shares is a starting point, not a result.
- Pick an industry column and a driver the explorer documents (oil, US trade measures, interest rates): the explorer shows the evidence behind each link and labels what is only a hypothesis.
- A large share means more of the local labour market sits in an industry the driver reaches. It does not say how large or how fast the effect would be, and the 2021 mix is a snapshot taken under pandemic conditions.
- Open a city: cities and other metropolitan areas give the like-for-like data.