Oil industry employment in Canada 2014-2019, by sector

Canada's upstream industry employs over 500,000 people. The majority of people employed work within the conventional and offshore oil and gas industry. In 2019, this figure stood at 308,000, compared with 214,000 direct and indirect jobs in the oil sands sector.

加拿大的上游产业吸纳了超过五十万名从业人员。其中，绝大多数工作人员服务于传统的近海石油与天然气行业。至2019年，该行业从业人员数量达到三十万八千人，与油砂行业的直接及间接就业岗位数相形之下，约为二十一万人。