Total Provincial Impacts

Ongoing YWG operations, including direct, indirect, and induced effects, generate 18,500 total jobs (equivalent to 17,120 FTEs) and $990 million in wages throughout Manitoba. Including multiplier effects, operations at the airport support $2,060 million in total GDP and $4,320 million in total economic output.[1]

Figure 4-1 summarizes the direct, indirect, induced, and total employment and wages in the provincial economy attributable to ongoing operations at YWG in 2019, as well as annual GDP and economic output contributions.

Figure 4‑1: Annual Direct and Total Employment Impacts of YWG in Manitoba, 2019

  

Impact

Employment

 

Wages

GDP

Output

 

FTEs

Jobs

($ Millions)

($ Millions)

($ Millions)

Direct

10,020

10,830

$580

$1,260

$2,920

Indirect

4,370

4,720

$280

$460

$890

Induced

2,730

2,950

$130

$340

$510

Total

17,120

18,500

$990

$2,060

$4,320

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

   

Note: Dollar figures are expressed in 2019 prices.

   
  • 1 The indirect and induced economic impacts are calculated using the latest available Statistics Canada multipliers for the province of Manitoba (2016).