These solar panels were photographed in 2017 in Sarnia, Ont. Canada's clean energy job count is believed to be approaching 300,000, according to a new report.
Clean Energy Canada, a think-tank at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, is releasing a study Thursday it commissioned to try to paint the first real picture of an industry it feels nobody knows much about but that is critically important to the future both in terms of climate change and the economy.People talk about the clean-technology sector often, but clean energy encompasses more than high-tech firms making hydrogen fuel cells and electric cars, said Smith.
Watch: Pro-pipeline protesters want more natural resources developed in Canada. Story continues below. All told, the study concluded, nearly 300,000 Canadians were directly employed in clean energy in 2017, nearly 100,000 more than Statistics Canada data said worked in mining, quarrying, and oil-and-gas extraction. There are 7.5 times as many people working in clean energy as in forestry and logging.
“We were surprised to find how big the sector is,” she said. “What we found is that we’re missing more than half the picture when we talk about energy in Canada. We think of oil and gas, we think of pipelines, we think of Alberta, and we are missing this clean-energy sector which is in every province across the country.”
Massive room to grow here. Solar panels not pipelines!
Did you take into account taxpayer's subsidies?
Nice. Let's keep those numbers gping up!
we can do more and keep in mind that Canada has the dirtiest oil in the world - so no one is in a hurry to get that going any time soon
Do better Canada