Statistics Canada has released new data on human resources in the nonprofit sector from 2010-2019.
In 2019, nonprofit organizations—serving households, businesses and governments—employed 2.5 million people, representing 12.8% of all jobs in Canada. The employment share ranged between 12.4% and 12.8%, increasing during the 2010-to-2019 period.
While the economic and social landscape of Canada is very different at the time of this release than it was in 2019, these data provide a valuable baseline to better understand the potential impacts of COVID-19 in later reference years.
The Statistics Canada release covers detailed information around the following key takeaways:
- Increasing share of nonprofit organization employees in Alberta and British Columbia
- Two-thirds of nonprofit employees work in organizations serving governments
- Women hold three-quarters of non-profit jobs as gender pay gap lessens
- Rising Indigenous, immigrant and visible minority representation in nonprofits
- Majority of nonprofit organization workers are college and university graduates
- Higher percentage of workers aged 55 and older