Saturday, May 31, 2025
Addressing Canada’s skilled trades shortage
Addressing the skilled labour shortage in the Canadian construction industry is a national pastime, with seemingly no shortage of attention paid by the federal government…
skilled trades
New program seeks to help create entry-level positions in the construction industry
Construction Career Pathways, a new programs launched by BuildForce Canada, aims to connect job seekers and employers by facilitating 16-week, paid, entry-level work placements on…
Ontario to build, upgrade training facilities to help tackle the labour shortage
The Ontario government announced it is investing $224 million to build and upgrade training centres. The province also plans to invest $75 million more over…
Ontario to increase immigration to fill jobs in skilled trades, tech, and health care
The Government of Ontario announced it is doubling the number of economic immigrants it selects in 2025 to over 18,000 to help solve the province’s…
Ontario requiring cleaner washrooms on construction sites
The Government of Ontario says it is working for workers by making washrooms on construction sites private, clean and safe, while also requiring women’s-only washrooms.…
Changes needed to outdated Canadian immigration policy: CCA 2023 Day Two
Immigration isn’t the silver bullet for solving construction labour shortages in Canada, but it sure could make a big difference, according to Patrick McManus, executive…
Ontario to offer skilled trades apprenticeship program to high school students
The Government of Ontario announced that it is preparing young people for in-demand and well-paying careers by allowing students in grade 11 to transition to…
Positive outlook from industry contractors, annual OCS survey finds
More than eight-in-10 Ontario contractors are feeling good about their business prospects this year, according to the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s (OCS) annual Contractor Survey. Eighty-one…
DEWALT and Humber College provide access to skilled trades training
Humber College announced it has received a donation from DEWALT to support students training to enter a career in the skilled trades. The gift will…
The Schulich Foundation launches Canada’s largest skilled trade scholarship program
The Schulich Foundation announced Schulich Builders, a scholarship program dedicated to students pursuing a career in the skilled trades. In its first year of operation,…
Policy changes needed to rebuild Canada’s construction workforce: CCA
The Canadian Construction Association’s annual “Hill Day” took place November 15, 2022, with representatives from the Canadian construction sector calling on the federal government to…
Ontario investing in Indigenous training opportunities and apprenticeships
The Government of Ontario is investing $1.5 million in three Thunder Bay training projects to make it easier for people in Northern Ontario to start…
Canada’s construction industry urging governments to rebuild Canada’s workforce
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for workers in construction through an industry call to action to Rebuild…
Canada’s Building Trades Unions to increase opportunities in the skilled trades
Canada’s Building Trades Unions announced the launch of In The Trades, a federally-funded program that will help apprentices get started in the skilled trades. Over…
2022 federal budget targets housing and greening the economy
In its 2022 budget, which includes $56-billion in new spending over six years, the federal government is proposing more than $10-billion in new spending on…
Construction industry marks International Women’s Day with call for more initiatives
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is marking International Women’s Day with a call for more initiatives to support the recruitment of women into the…
OGCA and League of Champions Celebrate Women in Construction
The Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) and League of Champions are making an impact this year for Women in Construction week from March 7th to…
RESCON calling on federal government to allow more skilled trades into Canada
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) wants the federal government to allow more workers with skilled trades backgrounds to immigrate to Canada, speed-up harmonization of building…
Too Much Government Red Tape, Not Enough Red Seal Training
By Chris Gardner, President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association With the construction industry facing an unprecedented labour shortage and supply chain pressures, the B.C. provincial…
Role of unions in trades training increasing: OCS
A new report from the Ontario Construction Secretariat highlights the growing role of unions and their contractor partners in delivering skills upgrade, apprenticeship and health…
Ontario launches new agency for skilled trades
The Ontario government has launched Skilled Trades Ontario, a new Crown agency, to improve trades training and simplify services. The new agency will promote and…
RESCON outlines three steps to boost number of construction skilled trades
Construction employers can help boost numbers in the skilled trades by tapping into government programs and supports, advertising potential opportunities, and focusing on retention, says…
Closing the Diversity Gap
How the infrastructure sector is cultivating a more diverse workforce. It is imperative that the leading decision makers in the industry are representative of the…
Survey probes construction workforce’s top election priorities
A new survey conducted by Abacus Data took the pulse of Canada’s skilled trades workforce to find out what matters most this election; from traveling…