Annual Report 8 Transportation and Employment Transportation contributed directly to more than 730,000 jobs in 1998, or 6.4 per cent of total employment in Canada.
Transportation is an important contributor to employment in Canada.
Transport Canada estimates indicate that, this sector continues to directly account for 6.4 per cent of total employment in this country. The overall picture presented here is incomplete in some areas, primarily due to a lack of data for such information as the numbers of municipal employees working in transportation-related jobs, federal and provincial employees in traffic enforcement, federal employees in customs, and so on. Timeliness of data is another serious shortcoming, as it affects the ability to include current data and related modal comparisons. In many cases, the missing information is a result of data-reporting procedures that are in flux due to changes in jurisdiction. For example, statistics formerly gathered and reported by a federal organization have recently been devolved to a different level of government or the private sector.