Average Job Tenure: Information, culture and recreation, British Columbia

Verified average job tenure for the selected Information, culture and recreation population in British Columbia, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).

Average job tenure

Information, culture and recreation · British Columbia, Canada

89 monthsmonths, 2025-annual

Source: Statistics Canada

Where this sits

In British Columbia, information, culture and recreation ranks 10th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 6% below British Columbia's all-industries figure of 94.5 months. Across the sectors reported for British Columbia, average job tenure runs from 56.6 months in accommodation and food services to 130.7 months in agriculture. Across provinces, British Columbia ranks 8th of 10 for information, culture and recreation average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 3% below the Canada-wide figure of 91.3 months. The range runs from 64 months in Prince Edward Island to 117 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.

Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.

How Information, culture and recreation compares in British Columbia, Canada

Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas
  • Information, culture and recreation
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Accommodation and food services

What this means

Statistics Canada put average job tenure in information, culture and recreation at 89.0 months in British Columbia for 2025. The number summarizes the province's industry workforce as a whole and says nothing about how long people stay at any particular employer. Compare it against your own average job tenure and your exit interview data, since SHRM notes that replacing an employee can cost between 50% and 200% of that employee's annual salary depending on their level.

Average job tenure: Information, culture and recreation vs regional average

Average job tenure in British Columbia, Canada, 2025-annual. Source: Statistics Canada.
MeasureInformation, culture and recreationRegional average
Average job tenure89 months97.6 months