Average Job Tenure: Construction, Canada (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Construction population in Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Where this sits
In Canada, construction ranks 11th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 7% below Canada's all-industries figure of 100.3 months. Across the sectors reported for Canada, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 189.2 months in agriculture.
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 Construction compares in Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Construction across Canada, average job tenure stood at 93.0 months in 2025, according to Statistics Canada. That figure describes the whole population of construction workers in the country, not the retention performance of any single employer, so it can't tell you whether your own crews are staying longer or leaving sooner than they should. Use it as a backdrop for your internal numbers: pull your own average job tenure and exit records, then read the gap between the two. For context on why that gap matters financially, SHRM puts the cost of replacing an employee at 50% to 200% of their annual salary, depending on their level.
Average job tenure: Construction vs regional average
| Measure | Construction | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 93 months | 106.1 months |