- After reaching a floor in 2020, Saskatchewan’s construction market enjoyed growth in 2021 and appears poised to see another sustained expansion period. Labour market projections for the construction and maintenance sector released today by BuildForce Canada suggest that a recovery in new-housing...
- Labour market challenges could be an ongoing preoccupation across Ontario as unemployment rates return to pre-pandemic lows, and construction demand in the residential and non-residential sectors is sustained through at least 2026. BuildForce Canada published its 2022–2027 Construction and...
- Construction employment in Prince Edward Island enjoyed a recovery in 2021 and should continue to growth through 2022 on the strength of increased residential and non-residential demands. Activity will moderate after 2023 and through 2027, however, as key projects wind down and labour markets will...
- The new labour market forecast prepared by BuildForce Canada suggests that Newfoundland and Labrador’s construction and maintenance industry will reach an employment peak in 2023 before contracting by about 16%, or nearly 2,300 workers, to the end of 2027. The province’s construction labour market...
- New Brunswick’s construction market strengthened in 2021, and should reach a peak in 2022, before receding modestly through 2027. The new labour market forecast released today by BuildForce Canada suggests that near-term demand for construction services will come in the new-home and industrial...
- Nova Scotia’s construction market is in the midst of a period of sustained growth propelled by major public-sector investments and rising demands for new residential construction. These factors will combine to bring sectoral employment to a peak in 2023, before receding sightly through 2027...
- Designed for construction-sector leaders and managers to help eliminate or reduce organizational bias Ottawa – BuildForce Canada today launched its newest online education course, Introduction to Understanding Systemic Racism: A Guide for Leaders and Managers. Even in their most benign forms...
- Ottawa – Construction requirements across Canada are expected to rebound in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise through the coming decade – albeit at more muted levels than in the past 10 years. The strength and pace of recovery, however, will vary among provinces, and will depend...
- Ottawa – The construction and maintenance sector in British Columbia is poised to return to growth in 2021 after a year in which the industry recorded its first material decline in activity in more than a decade, labour-market data released today by BuildForce Canada suggests. British Columbia was...
- Ottawa – Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting investment declines in the oil and gas sector, Alberta’s economy is poised to stage a modest comeback in 2021, and a more material expansion after 2023. The latest labour market forecast released today by BuildForce Canada projects that...