Average Job Tenure: Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas, Quebec

Where this sits

In Quebec, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas ranks 7th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 6% above Quebec's all-industries figure of 101.2 months. Across the sectors reported for Quebec, average job tenure runs from 48 months in accommodation and food services to 192 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Quebec ranks 7th of 10 for forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 1% below the Canada-wide figure of 108.2 months. The range runs from 89.4 months in British Columbia to 172.2 months in Nova Scotia.

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.