The Mining Association of Canada | The Canadian Mining Story: Economic Impacts and Drivers for the Global Energy Transition 2023 39 Figure 5: Women’s Employment in Mining Subsectors, 2011-202129 Number of Women Employeed As percent (right hand scale) Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 212 Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 327 2011 2016 2021 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 20% 19% 18% 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 12% 11% 10% 60,000 0 Primary metal manufacturing 331 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 332 29 From National Household Survey (2011) Table 99-012-X2011034, Census 2016 Table 98-400-X2016364, and Census 2021 Table 98-10-0448-01. 30Mining Sector Performance Report, Cat. No. M31-15E-PDF. Figure 20. Indigenous Peoples Proportionally, the mining industry is the largest private sector employer of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The proportion of Indigenous workers in the mining industry is well above that of the rest of the Canadian workforce. Total employment of Indigenous peoples increased between 2011 and 2020, from 9,100 to 11,300 as shown in Figure 6. For the period from 2011 through 2020, Indigenous employment accounted for an average of 7.6% of the employment in the mining industry and 3.6% in the broader minerals sector. Figure 6: Indigenous Employment in the Minerals Sector, 2011-202030 11,300 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Number of Persons
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