2013 Toronto Employment Survey
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
This City Planning bulletin summarizes the highlights of the 2013 City of Toronto annual Employment Survey, marking its 31st consecutive year. This information resource presents a picture of change in Toronto’s economy throughout the past three decades. For more information, please visit us at www.toronto.ca/demographics/surveys March 2014 Highlights Toronto Employment Survey 2013 • Over three decades from 1983 to 2013, the number of jobs in the City grew by 259,800 jobs or nearly one quarter (23.5%). • The 2013 survey counted 1,363,550 Toronto Job 48.2% of jobs in jobs, surpassing Toronto's 1989 + 1.4% Count Toronto are in the former all-time employment high by 2012-2013 Office sector 7,010 jobs. 1,363,550 • Toronto's overall employment in 2013 is up by 2.4% from 2012. • Full-time employment has continued to stay above the 1 million mark for the seventh year. Part-time jobs increased by 12,690 in 2012 to Office 315,400 this past year. 9%4% Institutional • The number of establishments Full - Time Part - Time 11% surveyed in 2013 was 74,800, a net 1,048,150 315,400 Land 48% Service gain of 200. Use 12% Retail • Of the total number of establishments, 4,340 4,340 were new to the City in 2013. 74,800 New Manufacturing More than half (56.9%) are located Employers Employers 16% within the Downtown (970), Other Centres (190) and Employment Districts (1,310). • The Office sector remains the largest source of employment in Toronto representing nearly half of all jobs (48.2%), followed by the Institutional 74.0% of jobs in (16.3%), Service(12.1%), Retail Toronto are (10.8%), Manufacturing (9.3%), and Other (4.0%) sectors, reflecting the Service Based diverse nature of the Toronto economy. • In 2013, there were approximately 548,490 jobs in Toronto's Downtown 1,400,000 and Centres comprising 40.2% of all jobs in the City. 1,350,000 • Yonge and Eglinton Centre was the 1,300,000 fastest growing Centre in 2013, adding 4,320 jobs or 28.0%. 1,250,000 • In 2013, there were approximately 1,200,000 393,520 jobs in Toronto's Employment Districts accounting for 1,150,000 Number of Jobs 28.9% of jobs in Toronto. 1,100,000 • 82.0% of all Manufacturing sector establishments in the City reside in 1,050,000 the Employment Districts, 1,000,000 representing 92.3% of all Manufacturing jobs in Toronto. 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year profile TORONTO - 1 Introduction It is also used in proactive policy 22.5% of Ontario's gross domestic development and to provide product and 8.4% of our national GDP In 2013, the Toronto Employment background information for fore- (in 2012). The City of Toronto's Survey recorded the largest number casting and planning of infrastructure economy has performed well over the of jobs in Toronto over the past thirty and services. This annual survey last year. Toronto's GDP grew by years. The survey counted 1,363,550 offers a timely insight into the 5.1% in the last year, far outpacing the jobs, surpassing Toronto's 1989 business climate across Toronto to provincial growth rate of 2.0% and the 5,6 former all-time employment high by facilitate, accelerate and achieve national growth rate of 1.41%. 1 st 7,010 jobs or a modest 0.5%. In economic growth. Toronto's 31 2013, Toronto added 32,070 jobs to Employment Survey was undertaken Map 1 shows the distribution of the City's employment base, growing in the summer of 2013. employment across the City, with by 2.4% in the course of one year. distinct concentrations in the Over the past decade, the City's total The City of Toronto is home to 2.8 Downtown, Centres, and Employment employment has grown by 109,860 million people and spans over 634.5 Districts, demonstrating their continued 2 jobs or 8.8%, and over 30 years, km of land, making it Canada's largest vitality. Of the nearly 1.4 million jobs employment in Toronto has grown City and the third largest City in North in the City; 76.9% are full-time jobs 2,3 by 259,870 jobs or 23.5% (see America. Toronto is a major while 23.1% of jobs in Toronto are Table 1). economic driver in Canada. The City's part-time. Over the year, the number of GDP of 151.4 billion dollars accounts full-time jobs increased by 1.9% while This bulletin summarizes the results for 70 billion dollars in export goods the number of part-time jobs rose by of the 2013 Toronto Employment annually and retail sales of 62 billion 4.2%. Total median hourly wages 4 7 Survey. It highlights the key findings dollars annually. Toronto accounts for declined in 2013 by 1.5%. and trends of employment in Toronto by sector, the longevity of Table 1: Total Employment, 1983, 2003, 2012, 2013* establishments, and emerging Ne t Grow th Ne t Grow th Ne t Annual patterns in the Centres, Downtown, Employment Total Number of Employees Change Rate % Change Rate % Change Grow th and Employment Districts. The Rate % 1983 2003 2012 2013 1983-2013 2003-2013 2012-2013 results from the Employment Survey Full-time 992,410 982,990 1,028,770 1,048,150 55,740 5.6% 65,160 6.6% 19,380 1.9% are used to gauge the City's economic Part-time 111,270 270,700 302,710 315,400 204,130 183.5% 44,700 16.5% 12,690 4.2% and investment health and to monitor Total 1,103,680 1,253,690 1,331,480 1,363,550 259,870 23.5% 109,860 8.8% 32,070 2.4% progress of the Official Plan policies. * Numbers have been rounded to the nearest ten. Figure 1: Toronto Employment, City of Toronto, 1983 - 2013 1,400,000 1,350,000 1,300,000 1,250,000 1,200,000 1,150,000 Number of Jobs 1,100,000 1,050,000 1,000,000 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year 1 All data in this Bulletin are from the Toronto Employment Survey unless otherwise indicated. 2 Statistics Canada, Annual Demographic Estimates: Subprovincial Areas, Cat. No. 91-214-XWE, released February 26, 2014 at http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc- cel/olc-cel?catno=91-214-XWE&lang=eng. 3 Toronto Economic Development & Culture, Business and Economic Development Facts, 2010. 4 Ontario. Ministry of Finance. 2012 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review at http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/budget/fallstatement/2012/chapter2.html last updated October 15, 2012. 5 City of Toronto. Economic Development and Culture. Economic Dashboard. November 12, 2013, at http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ed/bgrd/backgroundfile-63623.pdf. 6 Statistics Canada. Gross Domestic Product by Industry 2013 at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130930/longdesc-cg130930a001-eng.htm last modified September 30, 2013. 7 Toronto Economic Development & Culture, Economic Indicators August 2013. 2 – Toronto City Planning – MARCH 2014 Map 1: 2013 Employment Concentration, City of Toronto ########## ######## ########### # ##### #### ### # ## ########### ## ## ############################################# ############################ ################## # ############ ################## ## ######################### # # ## # ## ############## # ##################### # ## ########### ### # # #### ## ########### # # ######################################################################################################## ######################### # ##### ############ ##### ### # ### ## ## ## #################### ### # ### # # ######## ## # ####### ##### ## # # ## ############ # ####### ###### ###### ###### #### # ### ################### # ## ####### ### ###### ########### ################### ## # ### ########### ## # # # # ## ### # # ##### #### ### # # ### ########## # #### # # # ############ ### ### ## # ################ ######## # # # # ### # ######### # # ### ### # ### ################ ###################### # ######################################## ################ ####################### ############## # # ## # ####### ####### ###### # #### ##### # #### #### # # # ## # # # ### # ########## ## ################ ############# # ###### #### # ### ##### ## ##### # # # ### # ## # # # # # ##### # ######## # ### ################### # # ## # # # # ######## ######### ###### #### # # ##### ### # # ##### # ################## ###### ### ### ###### # ### ############# ### ###### ###### ### # # ######## #### ## ## ## ###### # ## ##### ##### ##### # ## ########## ########################### ## ### # ## ########### # # # # # # ## ### # ##### ## # # ## ## ########### ## # # # # ######## # # ######## # ############ # # ########## # ############################################################################################################################################### # ## # ## ##### # ## ## # # ##### # # ##### ## ##### ## ############ ### # # # # ######## ## # # # # # ######### ### # # ######################### # ## ################ # # ### ##### # # # ##### ############# # ###### # # # ## ############## ### # # # ## ########################################### # ## # ####### ## # # ####### ## # # # ######### # ## ############## ## ## # ## # # # ## # # # ###### ## ## # # ###### # # ################### # ###################### # # ###### # # ####### # # ############## # ##### # # # ################# # # # ## # # # # # #################### # # ################### ### ####### ## # ####### ## # # # # ### # # # # # # ########################################### ### # # ###### # # # # # # # # # ## # # # ##### ################# # # #### #### ## # # ##### # ### # ### ## # # ######################## ## ## # # # # # #### # # # ## # # # # # # ### ### # # ############# # #### ####################### #