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Marine & land-based aquaculture farms in BC

North Island

Number of employees 343

Salaries / wages paid annually $18 million

Number of local vendors supported 145

Annual spending on local supplies & services $25.7 million

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming (2019)

Output $135.1 million

GDP $46.6 million

Labour Income $37.3 million

Jobs 512

Northern Central

Number of employees 631

  • 59 - Comox Valley
  • 572 - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Salaries / wages paid annually $33.8 million

  • $2.8 - Comox Valley
  • $31.0 - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Number of local vendors supported 856

  • 178 - Comox Valley
  • 678 - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Annual spending on local supplies & services $159.8 million

  • $27.2 million - Comox Valley
  • $132.6 million - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming

Output $372.4 million

  • $48.1 million - Comox Valley
  • $324.3 million - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

GDP $132.4 million

  • $17.4 million - Comox Valley
  • $115.0 million - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Labour Income $108.2 million

  • $14.3 million Comox Valley
  • $93.9 million Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Jobs 1,467

  • 193 - Comox Valley
  • 1,274 - Campbell River, Sayward, Discovery Islands

Other

Number of employees 56

Salaries / wages paid $3.3 million

Number of local vendors supported 112

Annual spending on local supplies & services $9.0 million

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming (2019)

Output $679.4 million

GDP $240.0 million

Labour Income $193.4 million

Jobs 2,621

Pacific Rim / Alberni


Number of employees 106

Salaries / wages paid annually $5.4 million

Number of local vendors supported 104

Annual spending on local supplies & services $20.3 million

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming (2019)

Output $55.3 million

GDP $19.5 million

Labour Income $15.9 million

Jobs 215

Sunshine Coast / Metro Van

Number of employees 49

Salaries / wages paid annually $2.6 million

Number of local vendors supported 447

Annual spending on local supplies & services $282.9

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming (2019)

Output $325.7 million

GDP $122.1 million

Labour Income $101.2 million

Jobs 1,373

West Coast - North Island

Number of employees 106

Salaries / wages paid $4.8 million

Number of local vendors supported 56

Annual spending on local supplies & services $13.3 million

Estimated Total Economic Impacts from Salmon Farming (2019)

Output $47.3 million

GDP $16.4 million

Labour Income $13.4 million

Jobs 181