Summary  of Western Region Employment Outlooks by Subsector

A table showing the employment outlooks by sub-sector for Western Canada. For the region’s bio-economy as a whole, there was a 0.3% increase in employment from 2019 to 2020. Employment is projected to rise to 48,100 workers by 2020, to 51,800 by 2024 and to 55,000 by 2029. For the bio-health sub-sector, there was 2.0% increase in employment from 2019 to 2020. Employment is projected to rise to 26,100 employees by 2020, to 27,450 employees by 2024 and to 29,200 employees by 2029. For the bio-industrial sub-sector, there was 9.0% increase in employment from 2019 to 2020. Employment is projected to rise to 10,300 employees by 2020, remain at 10,400 employees by 2024 and then rise again to 11,000 by 2029. For the agri-bio sub-sector, there was 8.4% decrease in employment from 2019 to 2020. Employment is projected to drop to 8,200 employees by 2020, then rise to 10,000 employees by 2024 and to 10,800 employees by 2029. For the bio-energy sub-sector, there was 11.8% decrease in employment from 2019 to 2020. Employment is projected to drop to 3,500 employees by 2020, rise to 4,000 employees by 2024 and then drop again to 3,900 employees by 2029.

Published in Close-up on the bio-economy: Western Canada (December 6, 2021)