ABSTRACT: Analysis of the Canadian Geoscience Council 2001 census of geoscientists.

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The Canadian Geoscience Council (CGC) carried out a census of Canadian geoscientists in 2001. More than 3000 responses were received to a series of questions concerning age, gender, salary, education, level of responsibility, employment sub-sector, and membership in provincial and national societies.Based on the survey, it is apparent that geoscience in Canada is a male-dominated discipline. However, the demographic profiles of the two genders show that this will change slowly as retirements take place. The median salary range for male geoscientists is $75-100K and for females, $50-75K. A gender-based differential in compensation is not evident for males and females less than 40 years old, but is present for older respondents even after standardizing for educational level. Canadian geoscientists who responded have high levels of education. Within federal and provincial governments and geotechnical environmental companies, most respondents have at least a master's degree. Elsewhere in the private sector, the majority of the mineral and energy sector respondents have a bachelor's degree. Surprisingly, higher degrees are not necessarily indicative of higher annual remuneration or higher levels of responsibility. In general, age and experience are more important than degree level in determining annual median remuneration and level of responsibility. The census shows that, on the whole, Canadian geoscience will not experience above-average rates of retirement in the next 10 years. However, a high median age in the minerals sector may result in a significant loss of experienced personnel due to retirements over the next decade. Almost two-thirds of respondents belong to two or more CGC member societies. Approximately 10% of the respondents belong to four or more Societies, which suggests both the breadth of the discipline and its fragmentation. Slightly more than half of the respondents are provincially registered geoscientists.

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