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Canadian Association for Surface Finishing – CASF

The Surface Finishing Industry in Canada
Economic Impact Study – Introduction and Background • Salary & Wages: Total salary and wages in the industry are
The Canadian Association for Surface Finishing (CASF) engaged estimated to be $705 million. The average wage and salary
Orr & Boss to conduct an Economic Impact Study of the Canadian are about 26% higher than the Canadian average reflecting
Surface Finishing Industry. The study evaluated numerous the higher skill level required as well as the relatively high
economic factors and data sets including the size of the productivity of the industry.
surface finishing industry in Canada, jobs created, GDP impact, • Total GDP Impact: It is estimated that the total GDP impact of
and taxes generated. the surface finishing industry in Canada is $1.3 billion.
The Surface Finishing Industry was defined as the entire
surface finishing market including both Job Finishers and • Taxes: The industry generates annual estimated Federal and
Captive Finishers. Also included were raw material suppliers, Provincial Tax Revenue of $447 MM.
professional service providers, and capital equipment providers • Provincial Impact: Most of the surface finishing industry is
since the surface finishing generates economic activity from centered in Ontario where it is estimated that 57% of the
these sectors as well. The report investigated all types of economic activity occurs. Alberta and Quebec account for
surface finishing including: Anodizing, Antiquing, Electroplating, 19% and 13% of the economic activity, respectively.
Electropolishing, Etching, E-Coating, Hot Dip Galvanizing, • Industrial Coatings: In addition to the above cited economic
Polishing, Powder Coating, Physical Vapor Deposition, and impacts, factory applied industrial coatings (I.e. Powder/
Electroless Finishing. Liquid Coating), which are an adjacent and overlapping
Summary of Results industry to the surface finishing industry have a significant
• Surface Finishing Output: The Total Output of surface additional Economic Impact. Industrial Coatings contribute a
finishers in Canada is estimated to be $3.5 billion. This is the Total Economic Output of $3.0 billion, generate 21,240 jobs,
revenue of the surface finishing companies themselves; contribute $1.1 billioan to GDP, and generate an estimated
those companies actually applying the surface finish to the $428 million of additional taxes.
metallic or non-metallic substrates. • Total Surface Finishing and Industrial Coatings Impact:
• Supplier Output: In addition to the above, the industry The combined Surface Finishing and the Industrial Coatings
generates $930 million of output by suppliers to the industry. market results in the following economic impacts across
The raw materials used in the industry generate $723 million Canada per annum:
of output. Raw materials include both commodity and propri- • • Output of $6.5 billion

etary raw materials (I.e. Metals, chemicals, etc.). In addition • • Wages of $1.4 billion generated

to the $723 million of raw materials, there is $206 million of • • Jobs created of 38,438

spending on other suppliers to the industry including profes- • • GDP Impact of $2.5 billion

sional service suppliers and capital equipment suppliers. • • Total Taxes of $876 million collected

• Employment: Total employment in the industry is estimated
to be 17,198. This includes both employees at the surface fin- To receive a free digital copy of the study, please contact
ishers themselves and the suppliers to the surface finishers. Graham Douglas, CASF President, gdouglas@uba.ca or visit
www.CASF.ca

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