Products & Resources
BuildForce Canada supports the labour market development needs of the construction and maintenance industry through several programs and initiatives. Explore our core products and resources below.
BuildForce Canada studies and forecasts long-term trends in the labour market. The resulting BuildForce Labour Market Information (LMI) focuses exclusively on trends affecting the construction and maintenance industry, including an economic and investment outlook, and an assessment of labour availability for 34 trades and occupations for the residential and non-residential construction sectors over a ten-year period.
BuildForce Canada’s E-Learning Centre offers a comprehensive catalogue of online training courses designed to promote the professional development of individuals working in the Canadian construction and maintenance industry. BuildForce also provides an online library of resources and research reports.
BuildForce offers resources designed to provide employers with the information they need to meet labour market challenges and become more productive and competitive. Find research reports and self-assessment tools addressing issues that range from productivity to respectful workplace initiatives
Each year, BuildForce Canada generates a number of research reports, blogs and the Construction and Maintenance Looking Forward summary reports. Access key insights and information about the industry in these reports, available through our Resource Centre.
For quick access to the latest construction insights, visit Labour Market Corner.
2025 Annual Report
Over the past year, BuildForce Canada undertook a major redesign of its corporate website and Construction Forecasts platform, significantly enhancing the dissemination of information to stakeholders across the construction sector.
A key element of this initiative is the integration of interactive data-visualization tools, enabling industry stakeholders, policymakers, and educators to more effectively explore and interpret current construction data and labour market information.
Projects such as these complement our LMI work and are further evidence of BuildForce’s ongoing work to support construction’s labour market development needs.
Buildforce Magazine
With upcoming retirements and an ever-increasing volume of project requirements, Canada’s skilled workforce is answering the call to meet labour-market demands.
This issue of our annual magazine focuses on apprenticeship for a very particular reason.
Programs of all shapes and sizes across the provinces are the principal pathways for new entrants to join the construction sector. Each year, thousands of people enter these programs, and each year thousands more complete their certifications and proudly enter the construction trades.
Our sector’s response to looming labour force challenges must include ongoing support for provincial apprenticeship systems as well as new programs that diversify construction’s labour force and make our industry an inclusive and welcoming place for all.
