Canada's textile sector in 2001 supplied 1.3% of Canadian manufacturing GDP and 2.5% of manufacturing employment. Clothing supplied a further 2% of total manufacturing GDP and 4.4% of manufacturing employment. Clothing production takes place mostly in Quebec, with 55% of clothing employment in 2001, and Ontario, with 28%. The clothing industry and, to a less extent, the textile industry are characterised by small sized establishments, a heavy reliance on women and immigrant workers, low levels of workforce education and a high degree of outsourcing. Partly reflecting these conditions, the Canadian textile and clothing industries have enjoyed a variety of import protection measures and adjustment assistance over the past quarter-century.
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