Canadian Publishing Industry News
13 January 2025,     OTTAWA
Statistics Canada Report On The Publishing Industry Workforce
 
Report paper, the final of a three-study series
Report paper, the final of a three-study series
Stats Canada has released a Report on " Workforce Insights: Demographics in the publishing industries subsector, 2015 to 2023". Employees in the publishing industries have a relatively older age demographic compared with the other culture industries. The distribution of employees by age remained relatively stable in the industry group over the years examined. The most notable change was a shift toward an aging workforce, with the proportion of employees over the age of 65 increasing from 4.6% in 2015 to 9.8% in 2023.
Proportion of men and women employed in the publishing industries,
Proportion of men and women employed in the publishing industries,
From 2015 to 2018, the largest proportion of employees were between the ages of 45 to 54. However, from 2019 to 2023, this shifted to the 55 to 64 age group. Compared with the other arts, entertainment and recreation industries, this trend is unique to the publishing industries where older employees appeared to stay working in their positions while young adults were less likely to enter or remain in this field of work. This could be caused, in part, by the fact that older, more experienced employees have retained their positions throughout workforce adjustments as well as declining interest among younger employees to seek employment in the publishing industries.
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