b'3.The sectors estimated wages total $17Regarding business size, 9,000 businessestrades. These numbers show continuingbillion (14 per cent of construction(55.5 per cent) had four employees orincrease over the last three years from 24 wages), including $2.8 billion infewer. Seventy-six per cent had fewer thanper cent in 2021, signalling an increasing indirect wages. 10 employees, and 98.6 per cent haddemand for mechanical trades.4.The sector is estimated to havefewer than 100 employees. Only threeThe economic impact report also includes businesses had 500 or more employees.16,000 contractor establishmentsa breakdown of these areas of interest (representing 16 per cent ofApprenticeship Development for mechanical contracting by province/construction establishments), andThe report indicated that mechanicalterritory and contains the same national 76 per cent of mechanical contractortrades continue to play a central roleand provincial/territorial data for the companies have fewer than in Canadas apprenticeship system. Inelectrical contractor sector.10 employees. 2023, Statistics Canada indicated thatA copy of the report will be hosted on the Contribution to GDP mechanical trades make up about 26 perMCAC website (www.mcac.ca) for those The report notes that the mechanicalcent of registrations and 27 per cent ofmembers who want to view thecontracting sector contributes aboutcertifications for the key constructionentire report.1.5 per cent of the countrys GDP and 20 per cent of the total GDP from the construction industry. The report also says that this highlights the critical economic role mechanical contracting plays within both the construction sector and the broader Canadian economy.The actual GDP for Canada in 2017 dollars was $2,232,505,000, and the contribution from construction to the GDP in 2017 dollars is $165,805,000 (7.4 per cent). The mechanical contracting contribution to GDP is $32,968,000 (1.5 per cent) to the countrys GDP and 20 per cent of the constructionGDP contribution.Sectoral Distribution and Employment ContributionThe mechanical contracting sector represents approximately 19 per cent of the total construction economic output and varies between the four segments of construction. The share of output by construction segment is as follows:1.Residential: 12 per cent 2. Non-residential: 21 per cent3.Engineering: 35 per cent 4.Repair: seven per cent Concerning employment, in 2023 mechanical contracting employed 227,000 people and represented a significant share of the 1.6 million workers in the construction workforce nationally. Within the specialty trades, mechanical contractors employ 26 per cent of the total workers employed. Within the core trades, plumbers are the largest trade with 54,225 workers, which accounts for 24 per cent of mechanical employment and 94 per cent of plumbers employed in the construction industry.Number and Size of BusinessesAccording to the report, in 2023 there were 16,119 mechanical contracting businesses in Canada, with 39 per cent of them in Ontario, 18 per cent in Quebec, 17 per cent in B.C. and 13 per centin Alberta.NATIONAL BULLETIN | Issue 1, 2025 27'