Average Job Tenure: Total employed, all industries, Canada
Verified average job tenure for the selected Total employed, all industries population in Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Total employed, all industries · Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
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 Total employed, all industries compares in Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Across Total employed, all industries in Canada, average job tenure was 100.3 months in 2025 according to Statistics Canada. That figure describes the working population as a whole, not how well any single employer holds onto its people, so it can't tell you whether your own retention is strong or weak. Use it as a backdrop and read it against your own tenure records and exit interview data, where the real story about your workforce lives.
Average job tenure: Total employed, all industries vs regional average
| Measure | Total employed, all industries | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 100.3 months | 106.1 months |