Welcome to our lecture, Canada's restaurant industry. There are nearly 97,000 restaurants, bars and cutters across Canada. This industry generate $85 billion in our sales and represent a 4% of the country's GDP. Gross Domestic Product. 277 million have been contributed by restauranteurs to charities in 2011 30 billion in food deliveries post purchase every year was held agriculture in Canada. There's around 22 million visits to restaurants everyday by Canadians.
There's 1.2 million people that are employed in the restaurant industry. And they represent 7% of the country's workforce. One in five young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are employed in the restaurant industry and 22% say that working right Right Canada was the first job was the highest in any industry. And these industry, the restaurant industry generate around 283,700 indirect jobs related to the industry. So if we go to the details 1.2 million is the number of people directly employed in the Canadian restaurant industry. According to the statistic labor force survey 7%.
As we mentioned before, account for the participation of the country workforce. 7500 is the number of full time jobs to work with in the service industry in 2016. Based on the survey, growth in full time full service employment outpaced part time employment last year, there's more full time positions in full service than in part time. 3500 is the number of part time jobs that were created in the foodservice industry in the same year. In total, the NFL created 11,000 new jobs last year. One in fi is the fraction of young Canadians aged 24 and honored our employee in the restaurant industry.
42% 80% Is the first three employees in Canada who are 24 and under. Right now the restaurant industry is the number one social first time job for gym workers. 22% 80% of Canadian whose first year was the restaurant business the highest percentage of any industry in Canada. 23,800 is the number of senior age 65 an hour who worked in restaurants in 2016. To supplement our income seniors accounted for 1.8% of all food service employees in Canada. Convert to 0.5% in 2000 94,290 is the total number of restaurants bars on cutters across Ghana in 2016.
Restaurants are the number one attraction in Canada for spending time with family and friends. This is based on the restaurant Canada on hiring spree article. What is the stay of the Canadian food service industry since 2014. Canada's food service causes student growth on average of 5% per year. The Canadian national restaurant industry group has projected 2018 growth rate at 4.3% between 2019 and 2021. Full service sales are forecasted to grow this year by 4%.
And again, same for immigrants is a good opportunity for you to start the industry. If you look for jobs as an immigrant in Canada, close to half of Canadians have either worked in the restaurant industry for so long in their immediate family that works directly or indirectly in the restaurant industry. Is trauma. Your education Canadians agree that working the restaurant issue valuable skills are transferable to other jobs, and that's why you see students working in Canada, they're learning the ways in the first job. That way they learn the vital skills to later move to other jobs and industries. Canadian food service industry generates 75 billion annual sales representing about 4% of the national gross domestic product for service industry is comprised of a commercial sector dining restaurants, bars and caterers, and no commercial sector that includes hospitals and hotels.
The industry Meanwhile, the fourth largest private sector employer in Canada, so good opportunity in the sector. Thank you very much for checking this lecture about the statistics of the foodservice industry in Canada. Our show you in the next section. Thank you very much.