1. GTA residents work in the following fields of occupation today: Labour Force by Occupation2009% of Total Sales and Services927,33222.2% Business Finance Administration846,96220.3% Trades, Transport, Construction527,42612.6% Management462,41411.1% Social Science, Educ, Gov't, Religion 338,2308.1% Sciences316,2797.6% Unique to Manufacturing and Utilities304,0387.3% Health188,4794.5% Art, Culture, Recreation, Sport143,8083.4% Occupation Not Applicable75,8201.8% Unique to Primary Industries50,7491.2% Source: Statistics Canada 2009 Estimate

2. GTA residents work in the following industries: Source: Statistics Canada 2006 Census Industry of Employment% of Total (2006 Census) GTA Residents 15 years + Manufacturing14.30% Retail trade10.50% Professional, scientific, technical services8.60% Health care and social assistance8.30% Educational services6.50% Finance and insurance6.40% Wholesale trade5.70% Accommodation and food services5.60% Construction5.50% Administrative and support, waste management and remediation4.90% Other *23.70% * incl. transportation and warehousing, public administration, information and cultural industries, real estate/rental/leasing, Arts/entertainment/recreation, primary industries, utilities, management of companies and enterprises, other

3. * Number of postings for jobs in Peel, Halton, York, and Durham region. Source: VicinityJobs.com ** Ontario’s unemployment rate as reported by Statistics Canada

4. * Number of job postings Jan-Oct'08Jan-Oct'09% Change Administrative and Legal15,7239,828-37.5% Arts, Cultural, Recreation, Sports2,7621,620-41.3% Business, Finance, Accounting13,2699,253-30.3% Education1,9431,585-18.4% Engineers, Architects, IT, Natural Science9,4627,020-25.8% Farming, Fishing, Natural Resources6037-38.3% Health3,4654,07917.7% Help Wanted (including warehouse jobs)15,6638,150-48.0% Management14,88112,505-16.0% Other12,98310,382-20.0% Processing, Manufacturing, Utilities5,2942,689-49.2% Retail and Services13,7079,657-29.5% Sales9,2877,695-17.1% Social, Gov't, Religious Services8834,432401.9% Trades, Transport, Construction9,4606,058-36.0% 128,84294,990-26.3%

5. * Number of job postings ** Source: Statistics Canada *** Source: York Region Planning and Development Services Department **** January to June 2009, Source: VicinityJobs.com **** The 2005 York Region value is an estimate Industry-specific hiring demand data from York Region suggests a long-term structural shift in employment demand: GTAYork Region 2006 Employment* 2005 Employment** 2009 Hiring Demand*** Manufacturing14.3%24.30%8.70% Retail trade10.5%10.90%19.90% Professional, scientific, technical services8.6%17.30%14.10% Wholesale trade5.7%8.30%5.90% Health Care *****8.3%6.00%13.50% Other52.5%39.20%51.40%

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