Labour Force Distribution (LFD) for Natural Resource Sectors in Canada

The Labour Force Distribution (LFD) maps are derived from the CanEcumene 2.0 Geodatabase using custom tabulations of census-based labour force data. These LFD maps were calculated for each of the five major natural resource sectors in Canada: Forestry, Fisheries, Agriculture, Minerals, and Petroleum and Coal. The measure used is the labour force of each sector as a proportion of the goods-producing sectors in the economy. Labour force proportions were first calculated at the individual community level, and then interpolated on a regional level using GIS (see Eddy et. al. 2020 for more detail). In effect, these maps show the strong importance of Canada’s natural resource sectors in various regions of the country. The darker the tone in each map indicates a region’s higher degree of dependency on a given sector for their economic livelihood.

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Champ	Valeur
Dernière modification	avril 17, 2026, 20:29 (TU)
Créé le	avril 17, 2026, 20:29 (TU)
contact_email	briang.eddy@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Canadian Forest Service", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada;Service canadien des forêts"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:3978,http://www.epsg-registry.org,
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2021-01-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["ecumene populated places indigenous communities census labour force socio-economic demographic ecosystems", "Census data", "Demographic maps", "Population distribution", "Demographic data", "Population", "Ecosystems", "Socioeconomic data", "Indigenous peoples"], "fr": ["écoumène population active socio-économique écosystèmes", "Données du recensement", "Carte démographique", "Répartition de la population", "Données démographiques", "Population", "Écosystème", "Données socio-économiques", "Autochtones"]}
open_canada_subject	["nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Répartition de la population active pour les secteurs des ressources naturelles au Canada
update_frequency	as_needed