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Sector	Sub-sector	Subject to the Act		Under Audit
Table 3 Total Number of Employers and Employees by Sector Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit
		Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees
Private Sector (as of December 31, 2000)	Banking	21	172,447	15	168,319
	Communications	91	211,448	39	157,633
	Transportation	234	171,260	86	100,044
	Other*	51	51,438	26	40,570
Federal Public Service (as of March 31, 2001)		65	149,339	41	145,496
Separate Federal Agencies (as March 31, 2001)		14	68,198	8	64,061
TOTAL		476	824,130	215	676,123
* The "Other" sub-sector inlcudes such diverse industries as grain companies, uranium mines, nuclear power operations, credit corporations, and museums.

Range	Public Service (as of March 31, 2001)				Separate Agencies (as of March 31, 2001)
Table 4 Public Sector Organizations Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit, by Employer Size
	Subject to the Act		Under Audit		Subject to the Act		Under Audit
	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees
10,000 plus	4	64,559	4	64,559	1	47,083	1	47,083
2,000- 9,999	14	69,117	14	69,117	5	17,654	4	15,924
1,000- 1,999	3	4,297	2	2,775	0	0	0	0
500- 999	7	5,639	7	5,639	2	1,439	0	0
100- 499	21	5,230	14	3,406	6	2,022	3	1,054
less than 100	16	497	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	65	149,339	41	145,496	14	68,198	8	64,061

Range	Subject to the Act (as of December 31, 2000)		Under Audit
Table 5 Private Sector Organizations Subject to the Employment Equity Act and Under Audit, by Employer Size
Range	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees
10,000 plus *	14	343,167	14	323,041
2,000 - 9,999	30	106,077	20	72,138
1,000 - 1,999	41	58,355	23	32,775
500 - 999	53	38,371	25	18,096
100 - 499	252	59,994	82	20,418
less than 100	7	629	2	98
TOTAL	397	606,593	166	466,566
* The number of employers subject to the Act includes all employers as of December 31, 2000. The number of employers under audit includes an employer who went out of business after the audit was underway (Canadian Airlines), and others who have merged or downsized since audits were initiated. For this reason the number of employees is not the same.

Province/ Territory	Industrial Sector
Table 6 Private Sector Organizations and Employees Subject to the Employment Equity Act by Province and Sector (as of December 31, 2000)
	Banking		Communications		Transportation		Other		TOTAL
	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees
Newfoundland	4	1,326	6	2,970	7	1,986	0	0	17	6,282
Prince Edward Island	2	230	2	489	2	319	0	0	6	1,038
Nova Scotia	6	4,631	6	5,247	12	3,837	2	789	26	14,504
New Brunswick	6	2,880	10	6,296	12	3,636	1	100	29	12,912
Quebec	11	29,206	39	48,084	60	30,290	10	3,489	120	111,069
Ontario	16	91,014	47	86,904	104	59,329	28	28,716	195	265,963
Manitoba	6	4,826	11	7,044	19	11,807	15	5,283	51	28,960
Saskatchewan	5	3,821	7	3,123	14	4,017	10	4,817	36	15,778
Alberta	8	13,974	22	20,363	52	22,910	13	3,239	95	60,486
British Columbia	9	18,962	22	26,095	42	22,853	10	1,808	83	69,718
Northwest Territories	1	72	1	329	0	0	0	0	2	401
Yukon	1	71	1	195	2	523	0	0	4	789
Residual*		1,434		4,309		9,753		3,197		18,693
Canada**	21	172,447	91	211,448	234	171,260	51	51,438	397	606,593
Note: The "other" sub-sector includes such diverse industries as grain companies, uranium mines, nuclear power operations, credit corporations, and museums. * Employees for whom no detailed reports were filed since employers only have to report in those regions where they have at least 100 employees. ** The number of employers reported by province and territory includes regional offices, which are not included in the Canada total.

Province/ Territory	Industrial Sector
Table 7 Private Sector Organizations and Employees Under Audit by Province and Sector (as of December 31, 2000)
	Banking		Communications		Transportation		Other		TOTAL
	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees	Employers	Employees
Newfoundland	5	1 433	2	1 210	4	1 274	0	0	11	3 917
Prince Edward Island	3	293	1	185	1	190	0	0	5	668
Nova Scotia	5	4 852	6	2 791	9	1 763	2	1 888	22	11 294
New Brunswick	6	2 798	7	6 227	9	2 964	0	0	22	11 989
Quebec	11	30 239	17	36 469	28	15 011	5	1 885	61	83 604
Ontario	11	85 811	21	62 653	40	28 411	12	23 303	84	200 178
Manitoba	5	4 922	8	6 446	11	7 765	7	4 138	31	23 271
Saskatchewan	5	4 003	3	2 441	7	2 846	4	4 307	19	13 597
Alberta	7	13 502	12	15 711	22	13 813	4	1 982	45	45 008
British Columbia	9	19 368	11	21 072	21	19 370	5	1 327	46	61 137
Northwest Territories	1	17	1	329	2	591	0	0	4	937
Yukon	1	6	1	195	0	0	0	0	2	201
Residual*		1 075		1 904		6 046		1 740		10 765
TOTAL CANADA**	15	168 319	39	157 633	86	100 044	26	40 570	166	466 566
Note: The "other" sub-sector includes such diverse industries as grain companies uranium mines nuclear power operations credit corporations and museums. * Employees for whom no detailed reports were filed since employers only have to report in those regions where they have at least 100 employees. ** The number of employers reported by province and territory includes regional offices which are not included in the Canada total.

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