Average Job Tenure: Agriculture, Ontario (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Agriculture population in Ontario, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Agriculture · Ontario, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Ontario, agriculture ranks 1st of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 74% above Ontario's all-industries figure of 101.9 months. Across the sectors reported for Ontario, average job tenure runs from 63.9 months in accommodation and food services to 176.9 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Ontario ranks 4th of 10 for agriculture average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 7% below the Canada-wide figure of 189.2 months. The range runs from 81.4 months in Newfoundland and Labrador to 250.3 months in Saskatchewan.
Average tenure describes the people who are still there, not the ones who left. A sector can hold long-serving staff and still lose newcomers quickly, so read it next to your own first-year exits, not instead of them.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Agriculture compares in Ontario, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada records average job tenure in Agriculture in Ontario at 176.9 months for 2025. That is a descriptive population figure for everyone working in the sector across the province, not a measure of any one employer's retention performance. Compare it with your own tenure data and exit interview themes before drawing conclusions about your workforce. Gallup estimates replacement costs at one-half to two times the departing employee's annual salary.
Average job tenure: Agriculture vs regional average
| Measure | Agriculture | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 176.9 months | 107.3 months |