Worldwide, the construction industry is one of the poorest performing industries in terms of workplace safety. In Canada, construction industry accounted for approximately one quarter of all work-related fatalities in the year 2014. To maintain the construction industry’s competitiveness and sustainability, improvements must be made in workplace safety. An initial step in improving safety performance requires an exploration of safety metrics in order to create an overview of current performance and identify performance gaps. The first objective of this study is to identify the safety performance of the Canadian construction industry relative to other industries. The second objective is to compare the safety performance of the construction industry at the provincial level. Data on recorded injuries, fatalities, capital expenditure, and workhours is compiled from the Association of Workers Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) and Statistics Canada for the years between 2004 and 2014. The construction industry is compared to other industries at the national and provincial level using descriptive statistics and ratio analysis based on the number of fatalities and lost time claims relative to capital expenditure and workhours. At the provincial level, the provinces are ranked based on the number of fatalities and recorded lost time claims. Comparing the safety performance of the construction industry to that of other industries makes the magnitude of differences more evident, which can lead to better awareness to the need for improvement in safety performance. In comparing safety performance of the construction industry in different provinces against each other, the top performing provinces are identified. This in turn provides the opportunity for further investigation to identify variables related to the safety performance of provinces with safer construction industries including policies, safety culture, and reporting practices.