Average Job Tenure: Information, culture and recreation, Ontario

Where this sits

In Ontario, information, culture and recreation ranks 12th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 6% 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 6th of 10 for information, culture and recreation average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 4% above 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.