Trades |
- 700,000 skilled trades workers are set to retire between 2019 and 2028.
- Low participation rate among younger workers in trades is contributing to labour shortages.
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Healthcare |
- Annual employment growth for the sector has been 2.5% annually over the past decade, compared to
0.9% for the overall Canadian economy.
- There has been a quadrupling of vacancies in this sector between 2015 and 2023.
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Agriculture and agri-food |
- Long-term labour shortages have caused over 28,000 positions to go unfilled in 2022.
- The gap in the sector between labour demand and supply is expected to reach 15% by 2030.
- Compared to other sectors, this sector faces unique recruitment challenges given location and
type of work. It relies heavily on international labour, and job vacancies remain high,
hindering the sector’s productivity.
- In 2022, annual sales lost due to worker vacancies were estimated to be $3.5B.
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Transport |
- The projected shortages by year 2035 will range between 70,000 to 130,000; predominantly in
aviation, followed by trucking.
- Conference Board estimates cost of labour shortages in 2022 amounted to $1.3B direct effect on
sector and $4.3B from indirect effects on other sectors.
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