Average Job Tenure: Construction, Ontario (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Construction population in Ontario, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Construction · Ontario, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Ontario, construction ranks 8th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 1% below 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 construction average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 8% above the Canada-wide figure of 93 months. The range runs from 84.5 months in Alberta to 107.3 months in Prince Edward Island.
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 Ontario, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada recorded average job tenure of 100.7 months in Construction in Ontario in 2025. This is a population benchmark describing workers across the province, not a measure of how well any given employer keeps its people. Use it as outside context alongside your own internal tenure figures and the reasons people give when they leave, which together tell you far more than a single comparison ever will.
Average job tenure: Construction vs regional average
| Measure | Construction | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 100.7 months | 107.3 months |