Notes on the Importance of
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
to the Economic Base of North Vancouver
- City and District
(Based on a Survey of Lecal Shipyards and Analysis of
StatsCan 1983 Annual Census SIC 3271)

Number of Firms/Number of Employees

Peak* Current No. Mfg. Jobs
in N. Van Cc. & D.

*1982

Six Major Shipyards in North Vancouver

1. Allied Shipbuilders 250 125

2. Bel-Aire Shipyard (closed 1986) 200 ~

3. Genstar Shipyard 800 300 (4075 Mfg. Jobs in
4. McKenzie. Barge 140 30 1980 - assume 10%
5. Matsumoto 90 15 increase [net]

6. Versatile Pacific Shipyards | 1,500 550 = 4450 in 1986)
TOTAL 2,980 1,020

- B.C. has historically accounted for 25% to 30% of total Canadian
employment and it is estimated that employment in North Vancouver has
been 60% to 70% of the B.C. total; therefore, North Vancouver has
accounted for from 15% to 202 of total Canadian employment in

shipbuilding/ship repair.
~ Nearly. 1 manufacturing job in 4 in North Vancouver is in shipbuilding.

Value of Production

- In 1982 it is estimated that the total value of production by North
Vancouver shipyards was $180 million, of which, nearly $120 million
was value added (wages, benefits, plant supplies, services, etc.).

~ Currently it is estimated that production value is running at $80
million annually with value added at $50 million.

Values of Wages Paid

- It is estimated that the annual value of wages and benefits paid to
shipyard workers in. North Vancouver is $45 million at current

employment levels.